The Race Towards The Light

Oh, won't you miss out 
If you don't race towards the light?

They said.

Oh, won't you miss out 
If you don't walk like a snail 
Towards the light?

The others said. 

And so, this begins the dilemma 
Of life. 

"They" scream for you to run,
And "The Others" for you to slow 
Down! 

Both scream for the same reason: 
For you to take it all in! 

So you ponder:
To get to your destination fast 
Or enjoy the journey you take.

Oh, won't you miss out if 
You choose to listen to They 
and The Others
Who whisper in your ear to 
Do as they did or should have done.

And oh, dear friend, won't you 
Miss out if you choose to
Listen to words of any man? 

Of man like They who scream 
for Speed or of man like The Others 
Who yearn to walk. 

For both are the same, my friend.
They and The Others - are one.

So, won't you miss out, if you walk 
in their footsteps? for your life 
Is yours, with speed or without. 

Don't miss out by listening to
These words. 

For you might miss out as 
You race to the light
By listening to They, The Others, and 
To me.

For "To go wrong in one’s own way
is better than to go right in someone else’s,"
A great man once wrote.

So, my friend, don't you miss out 
As you race towards the light.

And that concludes the poem of mine, written on the topic of speed, chosen by The Soaring Twenties Social Club.

If you are new, thanks and welcome! To my friends of old, welcome back. My heart thanks you, and my soul appreciates you for coming back to reading these words of mine.

Till next time
gkgaius
Deo Volente