Out of Time

Planning your demise is like 
walking on a tight rope    
realising there's no net
challenging a 
speeding car and
daring it to stop
mortgaging your manhood
amassing liabilities with no program of repayment
leaping to the wrong conclusions
leaning toward self-delusions
indulging in the same old self-
defeating speculations
endorsing self-destruction 
till you're finally out of time.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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December 26, 2008 at 5:48 AM
Sounds like you peeked inside my head! I can relate well to this one. "Leaping.....wrong conclusions" "self-defeating.......self-destruction". Yep, thats me! It's a regular rollercoaster in there at times. Usually when I find hope within, these things tend to surface. Great write. Love Robin.
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