Paused Time

by

Katherine Tildes

I gaze at the workd as I walk by,
furiously and fast.
I stare down the buildings of brick,
the walkways of colored stone,
the nature that looks back at me.

I glare at the girl who's always happy,
the baby crying in the street,
the men who stare fondly at me.

I walk by and the world stands still,
if only for an instant.
People gaze this way and that,
waiting in their cars for the green light.
Honking horns pause, birds stop singing,
voices merge into one buzzing hum that
echoes down the cobbled streets.

I stop briefly,
listening and watching,
living and breathing for a split second
in the great spanse of time.
The world seems small for an instant,
then rapidly grows larger as the clock
ticks by.

This is life.
This is what we live.
If we all pause, just one second,
will we come to understand this?

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