Molasses Mornings And Vacation

There are days that move like molasses
                                                              slowly
                                                              inching
                                                                 on
              they move imperceptibly, but                  quicker               than you think
hours that pass without notice, days without pause
                                                          without seeing another human being
but you sit, gently
               wrapped in blankets
                                                perched on the couch like a bird
                                                or stretched out like a cat
                                                or just draped like fabric left out to dry and forgotten
                         have they forgotten? you are still alive

breathing
                ever
                            so
                                          slightly
                                                                on a day like molasses
                                                                no commitments or schedule
                                                                just relax
vacation time moves with molasses days
                                                          mornings that do not end until after one
                                                                             nights that do not end then either

slowly
                  inching
                                      past
                                                   but they're gone before you know it

before you can blink, they're gone, the hours passing faster than the eye can track the clock's hands blur, whirling at a speed you didn't know it had but every time you look at it....

....it freezes

molasses mornings

and vacation

PAD Day 20