Spinning Wheel

See the mouse run on his wheel going nowhere fast Notice it doesn’t seem to bother him at all or does he not notice Every day he gets on the wheel and runs and runs and runs And goes nowhere Is he aware of this? Eat then run then rest then run some more Only to repeat it again every day Neither monotony nor boredom nor lack of progress seems to bother this little trooper Plodding along day after day after some unforeseen goal only he knows Yet only we know he’ll never obtain Is he aware of this? What’s his motivation What’s his drive Why does a mule follow a carrot Why do lemmings follow to the death Why do teens follow peers Why does he run towards nothing There is nowhere to go on the wheel That path leads nowhere Am I finally aware of this?