whenever i think of time

[betteroffbad]

whenever I think of time I think of things that have vanished
that still somehow remain
stuck like diaper pins in the soft cloth of my brain

whenever I think of the future I feel famished
hungry for the taste of not knowing what's to come
like having once tried tiramisu and now there's not a crumb

what is in those dark rooms up ahead
is it bread
or are we all just dumb and dead?

sometimes time comes heavy on you like the shutters
of shops or rain in the gutters
or a flock of birds that against the pale sky flutters