Life isn’t supposed to move this fast.
It should ebb and flow
Lumbering slowly up
To slosh against the wall and recede again
Life isn’t supposed to move this fast.
It shouldn’t rise up so sharp
It shouldn’t push so hard
It shouldn’t erupt so violently
It should be peaceful.
Life isn’t supposed to move this fast.
I should see it coming,
Far at the horizon as it glides past
Gentle breeze on my sails.
Life isn’t supposed to move this fast.
It shouldn’t become stacked
Rocking
Teetering before it tips,
dumping.
Life isn’t supposed to move this fast.
Pounding like water
Breaking your faucet
Flooding the sink
And before you know it
You’ve lost it.
Life isn’t supposed to stand still.
It isn’t supposed to halt for a grinding,
shuddering,
Silent moment
before it falls through the floor.
It shouldn’t ache
It shouldn’t bruise
It shouldn’t burn
It shouldn’t shake
But it does.