Numbers

A number
slowly ticking up
counting the years
you've been alive

Every year
is a new adventure
bringing with it
challenges
and opportunities

While the numbers 
are still quite low
the years seem
to go so slow
and you just can't wait
for the next one

As the numbers go up
they start to blur together
each one seeming
exactly like the last
and you don't care
as much 
as you once did

When the numbers
reach the top
you dread the day
when the timer
will stop
and it won't matter
anymore

It seems so strange
as time ticks on
we always worry
that we might
do something wrong
but we can't stop
the flow of time
even if
it seems as if
it has no reason
or rhyme