The Leg Up

It became very clear to me,
very quickly,
how someone could drown in a hot tub,

how someone could lose track of time with a dead face watch,

You told me once that I had a dead face,
but I was sure that in another life I was full of life,

I ran faster than you,
but only because you didn't run at all,
because you believed it to be a waste of time,

but there was no more time to be had,
not for me or for you,
or any of us for that matter,

So then it became very clear to me,
very slowly,
how someone could let their blood boil,

how someone could leave the burner on before falling asleep on the couch