There was a time
when life didn’t race
Like a high-powered car
Zooming down
Soulless highways
But meandered gently
Along leafy lanes
breathing in the aroma
Of fields and flowers
But now it zips along
at top speed
on the cold tarmac
of expressways
that go nowhere
making no stops
in a mindless existence
breathing in fumes
that poison and suffocate
If life could just
reduce speed now
reduce speed now
Take its foot
Off the accelerator
Get off the expressway
Continue in a lower gear
Continue in a lower gear
Coast down the bylanes
wind down the windows
admire the view
admire the view
Stop a while
Have some fun
If life could just
Live a little© 2013 Uma Venkatraman ~ All Rights Reserved
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