Walking away

There's no time to

distribute

less energy than time

the gas pedal has just enough

left for this 

sacred rhyme

and with that must be selfish

and with that must be tame

I cannot frolic, relentlessly

or burnt out'll be

this teeny candle flame

For a split second

there's guilt

there's worry

but I must shoo 

the mental pest

'til it scurries

away

There is

but precious

few days

to do what I 

must

the most ...

I want to walk away

completely 

away, away from reciprocal speech

even with my own kind

while I'm so unwell

it's a breech 

of the energy exertions

which I must keep at bay

So I don't have time

I have to say goodbye

social with akin was once good

but now it's mostly wry 

it doesn't mean I don't care

it's just that, well

I need to do

what I love most

before I die 

So I have to walk away

holding the candle

with a tiny, flickering flame

I have to cup it in my hands

so no wind from neighbouring lands

blows it out today

holding it now

walking away