Broken record

A glitch in auto reverse

It keeps on going

my life

like a treadmill

running beneath my feet

with no button to stop

each day doubling the speed

I try to take big steps

but I end up falling on my face

I stand up and take a deep breath

then I cut to the chase

like a repeat effect, an auto reverse

on a broken record

inside a tape deck

everything somehow tangled

memories like reels

they keep haunting my mind

like a tape chewed inside

stuck on loop

I tell myself to keep going

I tell myself I’m okay

let’s get through the night

tommorow is a new day

but my life is like a treadmill

running beneath my feet

with no button to stop

each day doubling the speed

time keeps on passing by

and no matter how hard I try

to catch up to it

it slips away

Like sand grains in an hourglass

fading us away

Lucky Nay

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