We’re moving faster.
We’re getting closer.
It waits
Patiently.
We can’t stop.
We have no control.
When the time comes,
We must be ready.
READY, SET, GO
racing
IN A HURRY
In a hurry.
Cars race by.
Colorful streaks of light.
Can’t see the drivers.
Only the lights.
Moving quickly.
Racing somewhere.
But where?
Where the grass is greener.
People are happier.
The food tastes better.
Or not.
TRAPPED IN WONDERLAND
Too many people on the streets.
Cars honking their horns.
People shoving each other.
When did life become so hectic?
Why is everyone in a hurry?
Where are they all going?
They become a blur to me.
One shoving mass of humanity.
Hurrying to their end.
No individuality.
No caring.
No manners.
Only a need
to get somewhere fast.
Trapped in their
Alice of Wonderland—
in a hurry to go nowhere.
SUSANNE LEIST 