When the wheels begin to come off

Early in this journey of life
you think you have plenty of time
time to go places, see people, do things

then a flat tire needs patching,
there’s rust in the pipes,
That chassis could use some duct tape,
your engine is faulty.

Open heart surgery is the only remedy
the surgeon says, but not an option for you,
things are unfixable,
your plenty of time is running out.

When the wheels begin to come off,
this journey of life begins to shift
from thoughts of this side of heaven

to what lies beyond, to the One who
numbers the stars and calls them each by name
and who knows the day my warranty expires.