Is it too late?

Jenny B.
Mar 10, 2021

Is it ever too late to start, or to begin again? A poetic reflection on time-driven perspectives on life.

An hourglass with sand running through.
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

Is it too late?

“Life ends at thirty,” she said
brown eyes glowing, her cheeks pinked.
I remember I said it
too — long ago — and believed it.
She has five years more to live
then decades to die slowly.

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