words for the day
stark

it is amazing how much we can change
and yet still feel alarmingly the same
feeling that we have
and are
growing older
but in some
sometimes many ways
are surprisingly young

too old to make sure
that you are up in time
on saturday
for cartoons
but not too old to watch them

i feel like i am watching those around me get older
while i seemingly stay the same age
but i feel the ever present march toward death

having the vision
that even though
things seem to be improving
that i am succeeding
in some way

that the remainder
are digging themselves deeper


the distance
does not equal out
i am sinking
below sea level
and the air is too thick to breath
and i may drown
under the weight
of own mind