Renee Brown Poet Free verse

One In Four

I haven't been late for a long time,
Back when I was 27 or so,
It's always been on time.

I'm 49 now and it's been three weeks, nothing.
Has my time of being on time come to an end?
It's likely an age thing.
I still get it at 49, maybe not as much but I get it.

What if it's not my age?
I ordered something, it arrives tomorrow.
At least something will arrive, on my doorstep.

It says first relief is best at wake up,
I think, change my life, no more killing it, be quaint, stay like that,
Like a new day, a good start, with first relief.

To be sure.

After the damage, it was quaint, it'll never happen they said,
One in four is how quaint life is.
It could be my clock has broken.

What will become of me?
Back to killing it, til the last moment?

Life would be quaint, 
LIfe would be timeless,
Like the start of a new moment, a new day, a new face to meet.

Life.
Body.
Age.
Breed.

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