Life

Part of the fray, rushing past a busy subway

I happened to meet life one day

I wanted to be friends

It said this is where it ends

You simply cannot bind

Me amidst your daily grind

 

“I can’t reside within the crinkles of a clock

Or follow routines and rituals of the flock”

Life said, “I come with some caveat

You must learn from the very start

To have patience and compassion

To understand me and my passion”

 

“I love cheery sunshine and winds in my face

I make each moment count with wit and grace

You will find me only if you love and you laugh

If you can’t value my presence, I lessen by half

You are born, you breed and then you grow old

Yet my being in your breath may never unfold”

 

I realized I had to put aside some time

To apprehend life and its nuances sublime

Living and breathing can be two different things

To discover how to fly I must first procure wings

My subway trajectory slowed down amid the haste

Why was I letting this priceless present go waste?