A Second For Us All

In buses, on bikes, as passengers in Ubers Faces blur and deeds collide. Sprint down streets, stuck behind the slow, always in passing I see stories unfold. Quick check behind in case of cars, None in sight but there's a beep. Cyclists are invisible to pedestrians with places to be. Taxi beeps at taxi and beeped at hops out To harass the beeper with a wagging finger. Apology, apology, I demand apology! Delivery driver on a monster truck e-bike; Near miss with a clueless tourist. It's all too much for one man to keep. I try to write them as they happen but seconds pass and the moment is gone. Passing, always passing, these moments with people that we'll never know but for a second, laid bare on their face is themselves whole and complete. Each day has a second to be remembered. Gather them, pick them, stuff them in your pockets. Each day has a second for us all.