Always Hurrying

Such young age, yet we are always hurrying…

Because we think too much of tomorrow

And our incandescent years of youth

Are spent on haste, impatience and hurrying

Haste is our enemy

It puts us under stress

Raises our blood pressure

Makes us impatient

And blinds us to the need of others,

Or worst yet, our own

Such young age, yet we are always hurrying…

I know this very well,

From my own experience

I am forever pressured,

Forever in a hurry,

Forever over-extended,

And forever stepping over

All kinds of things that call for my attention

And though I may be young,

I can rationalize this

By pointing to the importance of time

Time, time, time…

Time is meant to conscript us

Beyond our own agenda,

But deeper down,

I know that this is just a rationalization

Sometimes too I rationalize

My impatience and hurry

By taking consolation in the fact that

I came to be this way legitimately

It’s in my genes

Both my father and my mother

Exhibited a similar struggle

They were wonderful, nurturing, loving parents,

But they were often over-extended

Such young age, yet we are always hurrying…

The positive side to haste, impatience and hurry

Is perhaps that it so greatly

Manifests itself with our time and life

People with haste

People who are impatient

And people who always hurry

Always have a purpose

As well, hurrying can help make

For a productive individual who is

Affirmed and admired

For what he or she does

Even if this means that my youth will vanish by being

Forever pressured,

Forever hurrying,

Forever over-extended

Such young age, yet we are always hurrying…