the future is now - 4:08 PM

there was a time

when adulthood, the dreaded word,

was galaxies away

completely unreachable

fast forward two years - wasted

thinking "this can't be!"

as reality cackles at

my pleas for a

prolonged childhood.

now i can taste adulthood,

it's merciless aroma filling my nose,

it's bitterness leaving my tongue

rotting.

clouding my brain with infinite

scenarios

crashing down into my mind

like meteors

remnants of past lives

clutter the floor

of my hippocampus

all ripped to pieces

from the attack

but the threat

still awaits in the horizon

there is no way

i could ever fake out

adulthood.

and as the weight

of the knowledge

pushes down into my chest, i realize

these next two years

will pass by me

quicker than

light travels through

space.