Breakfast On Pluto

I Watched a Week

I watched a week go by so slow
The school day never ended.
Five days marked time ‘till Saturday
My five year soul then mended.

I watched a week go by at length
The golden summer stretching.
The sun had never set so slow
As my tenth year was etching.

I watched a week go casually by
My friends, they kept me busy
At fifteen I had years to go
Before time left me dizzy.

I watched a week go sailing by
‘fore I walked down the aisle.
My lover true would say I do
On both our twentieth mile.

I watched a week go creeping by
My pregnant belly rocking
For weeks to stop so suddenly
Seemed time indeed was mocking.

I watched a week go flying by
As my sweet babe was sleeping.
She seemed to grow as minutes past
And I found myself weeping.

I watched a week go sprinting by
As did my youngest child.
Had thirty come? Had thirty gone?
It seems that time ran wild.

I watched a week pass as a year
And then that year as five.
My family grew and family shrank
And their own babes arrived.

I watched a week pass in a daze
As my own children found
Their children growing in a week
And joys and tears abound.

I watched a week so slow yet fast
It seemed my time was splitting
My own dear body slowed its pace
While others still was lifting.

I watched a week crawl by and yet
My face did change in time.
Till slowly, slowly, slower yet
My last breath ends this rhyme.