Count Down

Count Down

Life is time collecting memories of the choices made

To who or what

power is given

How the heart beats

and bleeds

To birth creativity

through body

or mind

To sacrifice here

and take there

When to stop and dream

and when to wake up

and build

Whether to tread water during a storm

or go quietly down below

Moments captured and kept

wrapped warm in our minds

Limited treasures

For our clocks are ticking

and we are all counting down

though some of us forget to live

and instead

count out loud

June 25, 2002

Tressa Lee Breen