Minutes To Goodbye

Our clock is ticking Slowly and steadily We pick out moments carefully Spin our wheels of happiness Balance on the thread of joy And amidst all the excitement We steal sly glances at the clock Counting down how many minutes Until we have to say goodbye And till then we carry on our facade Of pretending this is forever We buy more time from the early hours of the morning But it is still not enough We walk at the edge of the sea Trying to savour each other’s smell I look at you instead of the view Trying to drink in your face I’m trying to breathe in your scent Until it is a memory in my head I cannot forget I trace the lines on your palms So I can draw you in my sleep I try so hard to reach out to you And feel your touch But we are on borrowed time