Constant Motion
An original speculative poem.
Ever feel like a hamster stuck in a wheel?
I know it’s a cliche, but life indeed comes at you fast. Days start to feel like one long endless to-do list. You check off all the boxes only to realize sunrise has marched straight into sunset without drawing your attention. Staying busy becomes a vicious never-ending cycle.
We turn into travelers always in motion. Forever journeying to an unreachable destination without a rest stop in sight.
Are we truly human if we never take a moment to stop and rest? We need to hit the pause button occasionally to give ourselves time and space to think, learn, and create.
My latest poem draws on this feeling of perpetual motion.
Always one in perpetual motion. Never finding a place to rest. from baked desert to wild ocean. Driving on a narrow one-way road. Speeding to the end with zest. Relaxing not included in cheat code. Buzzing about like a worker bee. Never finding a place to rest. Uprooted like a wind-blown tree. Blasting from ground to deep space. Speeding to the end with zest. Life only exists at unrelenting pace. Wandering predator seeking prey. Never finding a place to rest. Motion shapes both night and day.
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Well done! And I can certainly relate.