Simply Op

Time passes, day by day 
24-hours, to spend your own way 
8-hours to sleep, count left 16 
9-hours to work, 7 left unseen 
Wait, commute time 20-30-minutes to travel there and back 
That leaves 6-hours, if I’m on track 
A pre and post work meal
Possibly a 1-hour+ time steal 
Now at 5 remaining 
The countdown slightly draining 
Exercise, down to 4
Journal- brain dump, habitual chore 
Shower and next day prep, 3 hours unaccounted for 
Pondering how, the time, I spend 
Days, months, years… adding up- the end.