In Line
Bright lights, noise, life, living is
cold and sometimes unsettling becoming a disappointing annoyance,
when and where time seems to stand still
and all motion, activities, purpose ceases.
For some, the sounds are enthusiasm that life continues to thrive
looking elsewhere for a new goal, a point and purpose;
Others seek some driving force, an incentive or a push
to hold them steady in place, patient, waiting.
For a moment, all appears the same, stagnant,
unchanged, ungrowing, eating away within,
slowly decaying the minhtes, bored, dying without challenge
as everything around is stationary, unmoved.
But there is a hidden force in being alive and well,
beyond mere survival in a giving and a taking
in getting through the need, the time,
the very act of living.
Take your number now,
be patient, understanding, kind
and wait your turn in line.
Copyright © Dm Babbit | Year Posted 2015
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