One less Day

Woke up counting backwards Calendar feels thin Coffee in a chipped cup Sun sneaking in Text I never answered Name I never called All the little almosts Stacking up tall One less day to waste on nothing One less day to drift away When you feel the pages thinning You start holding what you can’t replace One less day to chase an image One less day to stay the same When you see the number falling You give value to what truly stays Mom’s voice on the speaker “Call me when you can” Friends tied up in traffic Plans that never land I’ve been saving kindness Like it’s in short supply But every careful silence Is time that just slides by One less day to waste on nothing One less day to drift away When you feel the pages thinning You start holding what you can’t replace One less day to chase an image One less day to stay the same When you see the number falling You give value to what truly stays So I’ll leave the dishes for later Let the laughter live in this room Take a drive to see my father Just to listen, just to move If this breath is getting rarer Let it carry something real Every small, imperfect moment Is the only kind I feel One less day to waste on nothing One less day, I’ll choose to stay In the arms, the eyes, the stories In the mess we make and then replay One less day to chase an image One less day to look away When I feel the number falling I give value to what truly stays