Perception

Aha I tell myself I have the answer but really I don't

Time has elapsed but the question still remains....

I ask myself "Where has the time gone?"

I don't know it slowly crept away each day went by as I slowly withered away

My mind never stopped thinking my body never stopped aching

Time didn't care it had its own agenda

Can't freeze for you that isn't how time moves

Oh I wished I knew the answer to the damn question

Soon I realized I hadn't even remembered the question

So how could I formulate an answer

One look in the mirror and I didn't recognize the person but I did see a glint in those eyes

Leaning in close I pulled at the skin leaping back

It was me this IS ME finally I had the answer to the question

Who was I? I never took the time to find out

Instead I asked the question rather than going out and finding out for myself

Now I stare in the mirror and realized what I've done

I'm just an old young woman who's time has ran out