Pill

Haveth thee a time pill

I'll take it while I'm able

give me glass ere I'll spill

on this my sweet new table

I'll swallow and I'll chug a sip

I won't forget the taste

even though I made the trip

swish fast and downed with haste

I'll loopy look at all the places

mated on the brick

and when I stop to remember faces

new ones appear too quick

Why'd you give me a time pill

I asked that you'd release

this burden of life I've been so ill

to rid has thrice increased

I see it all too plainly

all my choices toiling

those "what if I..." or "had I just...." mainly

bubbled brain still boiling

Take it back I wish to God

you'd never let me down

that blasted pill I'm such a sod

I'm weighed by fool's large crown

A moment here a moment there

why was I just so wanting

the future spills and always where

we never thought while taunting

"You've paid a price you fool!

I've shown you what you sown!

But this small pill my tool

has torn your hope loose sewn!"

I realize now a mans life

is measured in the how

if we mustn't ponder future strife

its best if practiced now