Two Minutes

Two minutes

That’s how long before I should be in bed

That’s how long I have to spin out some profound statement

On life

Love and

The space in between

Oh it will take me ten or twenty minutes to do it and

I’ll be out some precious sleep

Without much to show for it but

For two minutes after writing it

 I won’t acknowledge any of that and

That’s the two minutes I want

To be in

So

That’s why

I stay up too long

To write this poem