Time
When only a few minutes.
Are allowed.
Take 30 seconds.
Out of the equation.
Take 29 of those seconds.
Not to debate, but rather-
Freeze from fear.
When only a few minutes.
Morph into a confused face.
Time is what we tried to travel on.
Trying on an outfit which I remember had lime green stripes.
Becoming a weird and unique person.
Uncertainty.
When only a few minutes.
Face off with me.
I tried to convince myself.
That seconds aren’t real.
But every second is like a new being.
I wear a new outfit every day of the week.
So does time.
With only a few hours.
Sometimes it’s hours, or days.
Which allow us to go to the store and pick up a soda.
Yellow, orange, lime drinks.
With only a few years.
We decide to flop down on the couch.
Turn on the tv.
We take 30 seconds.
Before falling asleep during a commercial.
They lied.
I survived the car accident.
Lived next door to a graveyard.
35 years, 21 days, 5 minutes.
Sometimes time-
Copyright © Angelica Tao | Year Posted 2025
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