Poetry I'll Never Let Anyone Read

Just Like That

I've pulled on the strings of time

And begged it not to move;

Pleaded for a chance to breathe

And hold onto this moment so

I can freeze it, trace every line of it

And memorize everything

Exactly as it is.

But I am not strong enough

To hold up time for my own pleasures

And just like that

My moment is a memory

Before it's even over.