Clocks negotiate with fear
Seconds bargain hearts refuse
Breath remains the final law
Time obeys no borrowed rules
Skin remembers early rain
Footsteps carve their private proof
Life collects unpaid debts
Paid by courage never youth
Borrowed hours fade to ash
Purpose stands without a loan
Flesh dissolves into the wind
Choice survives entirely owned
Ownership belongs to will
Not the calendar’s decree
Time expires at every edge
Soul extends beyond the key