time / hands

I have time on my hands.

I have time

On

My

Hands

I have a wristwatch that strikes like a grandfather

Telling me not to be out so late

Don’t give your hands so easily to them that don’t care for them

They’re still so breakable, remember

I have time on my hands

And these rings are the rings of trees

Cut me open

You can see how I’ve grown

I have old hands

And a young heart

I have time in between my fingers

And I string it around my shoulders

  

I have time on my hands

Bruising my fingers

I’ve gotten them jammed too many times

They twist and turn

I am a pocket watch

That you carry around with you

As a reminder of where you’ve come from

And how long it’s taken you to get here

You are a big man

With a small guitar

And the voice the size of the ocean

And I will always find reasons to make people worth holding onto.