We Move Along

I'm starting to tire,
My mind runs on a clock,
And I never have time to think,
Or stop,

And time keeps moving,
Like a train without brakes,
Slow through night,
And zipping through day,

My heart's felt better,
Lest I jinx it,
But my mind won't function
Like it used to.

Every day is a learning experience,
And all I want to do is sit back,
And watch the stars,
And feel the warm air around me,
And feel the dry sand on my feet,
And feel the cool water against my hands,
And feel the fire blazing in my veins and in my heart.

I want to show these elements to the world,
How I'm really a master of the elements on the inside,
A force to be reckoned with,
But time is my master.

Time prevents me from showing what needs to be shown.
Yet I've barely lived,
And I don't fully understand the way this world works,
And possibly never will.

But as long as the sun beats down on me,
And my heart beats in my chest,
The compass that I am will keep spinning,
The direction of my life never ceasing to spin,
Because life surprises us.

And the mysteries of the human condition will remain mysterious,
Long after you or I become one with the elements,
As we were at the time of our birth,
Wishing to settle upon a world where we could be understood,
And free,

Yet we live our lives and we become one with the Universe,
As we always have been,
Always will be,
And never knowing why.

So what am I really trying to say?
I can't tell you,
Because I don't even know myself,
And never will.

It was the Heat of the Moment.