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Life Is A Race
Life is a race they say
So catch up!
Or you’ll get left behind in the dust
Is it just me
Or was it always like this
Why?
When was everything made so complex?
Everything now is a competition
To be the best
To rise to the top
The predator amongst the prey
The king of kings
The almighty
While we forget
We’re just foolish prideful beings
Small things in the Earth
Under the microscope that is our world
We’re just the tiny little organisms
Yet we disperse and move farther and farther away from reality
Yet we keep this mentality
When time stops so do we
Why all these labels?
Labels like failure and great
Making it so easy to hate and derogate
Yet we realize to see
This is not how things were always made to be
It seems to me
We forget the things we were once able to see
Life has its patience and so should we
Let’s settle down and forget trying to compete for that crown
That when we reach it in the end
Its no longer our friend
Hollowness is all we feel
It hits us in the face like steel
Let’s enjoy and relish in the simple things in life
Before their gone
Because soon,
Before long we’ll all be singing the same song
The song of oppression and opposition
And that’s just wrong
So instead of leaving others alone behind
Let’s instead help each other up
Wipe of the dust off of ourselves
Gain trust, build bonds
So we can all finish this race
Strong
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