Notes About The Poem

Catching Up

my heart
    races so

my breath
    i cannot catch 

how the seconds the hours
    vanish

powder puff dreams
    crumble to dust

scattered
    by a gust of wind

there it was
    life

and now
    it’s nearly gone



AP: 2nd place 2020
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Kiser Avatar
January 11, 2019 at 1:59 PM
Do we ever really catch up?
Gauthier Avatar
January 11, 2019 at 3:46 PM
We're lucky when we can catch our breath. LOL
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