We're moving at the speed of light

we are moving so fast
we leave
ENTRANCES
SIDE WALKS
EXITS
BUS DOORS
we're like moving flocks of ants
there we are one minute
gone
the next
We are moving so fast
that we did not
SEE a girl crying next to us
NOTICE the dollar on the ground
HELP an old lady who tripped and fell
or TAKE PART in a precious moment
running-walking-pushing-shoving
The deaf child smiles at us...
did we REALIZE that the sky was so blue?
We are moving too quickly
why?
where are we going?
for what?
Is there something important that must be done?
I don't know
We move like scuttling rats in the sewers
Is that what we've become?
Where has common courtesy gone?
LOVE is lost
We are moving too quickly
that
we could not lend our seat
we did not see a ten dollar bill fall out of our pocket
we forgot to say hello to our friends
When will we stop
and
slow
down
stop
and hear the world around us
before it's gone.