mouse traps says
and i am caught
closing doors
over and over
and from now on
i will gawk
rubber-necking
my attempts to make any move at all
if i just slow down
how do i slow down?
in backyards
i will watch
driving old roads
i will spot
things i thought i would have one year later
if i just slow down
how do i slow down?
and so the timeline in the back of my head
make some room for
all these pages that i'm churning out with my own tunings
if you're lucky i might write a song about you
if you play your cards right
late at night
behind the locks
twisted hard
they carve their marks
along the floorboards
and we sit quiet
trying to solve
just how to stay
stopped
how do i slow down?
how do i slow down?