First Drafts

A little bit tired 
of realizing time 
accumulates whether 
you want it or not

an improvement 
to be sure on
the alternative
but dispiriting 

to know the youth
you used to know
is still as young 
as it ever was 

only now it was
so long ago 
you have trouble
keeping up with

the changes that happen
in the interim 
at least it all gets 
written on eternity

who knows where it ends
despite longevity 
the paragraph not even 
indented yet