Counting Again

I am counting again;

 seven, eight 

The minutes flow

 the seconds grate

I am counting again;

 eleven, twelve

Into the dreams

 I wish I could delve

I am counting again;

 sixteen, seventeen

I am counting the days

 til were out of the quarantine 

I am counting again;

 twenty-two, twenty-three

I am counting the things

 I can only now see

I am counting again;

thirty-one, thirty-two

I am counting the things

 I wish tomorrow to do

I am counting again;

 forty, forty-one

I am counting the things

 that I never got done

I am counting again;

 fifty-four, fifty-five

I am counting the reasons

 to stay alive

I am counting again;

 sixty-five, sixty-six

I am counting the sins

 I never can fix

I am counting again;

 seventy-six, seventy-seven

I am counting the ways

 to fall out of Heaven

I am counting again;

 eighty-eight, eighty-nine

I am counting the ways

 I’ve wasted my time

I am counting again,

 ninety-nine, one hundred

  …ninety -nine, two hundred

 …ninety -nine, two hundred

I am counting again;

 but the worries still creep

I’ll take a walk and some water

 and eventually sleep