One Minute (1997)

one minute. a two-minute composition.

In one minute can I compose
but in one year I can't even
begin
In one minute can I act
but in one year I can't even
decide
In one minute I can solve
but after one year I still have no
solution.
In a few minutes, well, that's all it takes.
In a few hours, that's a train ride away.
In a few days, that's something to hope for.
In a few weeks, i'll be home.
Somewhere in between, that's all it took.
In a few months, i'll be working.
in a few years, i'll be me.
any more periods of time are too distant to think about.
damn.
someday I'll have to reconcile with the fact that I'll be
Old.