#slowdown
To think properly,
you have to slow down, too fast --
the world rushes on.
Nov 5, 2025
Nov 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM UTC
When you have the
NEED FOR SPEED,
FOR THE ADRENALINE RUSH,
Oh, YES INDEED!!!,
Like your feet are
practically off the ground,
You want to go faster, and
You can't SEEM TO SLOW DOWN,
AS IF LIFE is PASSING YOU BY,
You WANNA GO FAST,
Like it's gonna just OVERLOOK YOU,
THEY SAY SATISFACTION DOESN'T LAST,
What exactly are you SPEEDING TO??
The end of the ROAD???
If so, you will hit a DEAD END,
I WOULD SLOW IT DOWN,
IF I WERE YOU!!!,
JUST MAKING A
DECLARATION MY FRIEND,
WHEN YOU HAVE THE NEED FOR SPEED,
THAT HUNGER AND THE GREED,
SUCCESS!!!
IS NOT ON YOUR SIDE, but
YOU STILL TRY TO SUCCEED,
You're are PUSHING YOUR LIMITS,
You are trying to GET FAR, but,
You're starting to SLOW DOWN,
DROPPING LIKE A FALLING STAR,
The PACE and the MOMENTUM,
is how you come to be, because
DEEP DOWN WITHIN YOU........
YOU HAVE THE NEED FOR SPEED!!!
B.R.
Date: 5/22/2025
May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM UTC
There is no need to rush. Stop stressing around. Start looking at this very moment because this is where you truly are. Now. Alive.
This breath is needed for the next years to come. Let's give this breath our attention. Let's stay present with it.
Apr 13, 2025
Apr 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM UTC
There is a Kojack
holding a Kodak
down Ferry Lane.
Smile for the camera!
The driver tries with their all,
to brake but their bravado falls.
The camera flash initiates
detaining a parade of number plates,
in a spectacle of haste,
each capturing a moment
of transient taste.
Their reward -
a pricey speeding fine
as they cross the finish line.
©️Lizzie Bevis
Nov 7, 2024
Nov 7, 2024 at 4:16 AM UTC
Time. Slow down just for a moment. I’m chasing after you, desperate not to be left behind. Every second slips through my fingers, no matter how hard I try to hold on. I beg for more, but you only drift further away, gripping my collar as if to drag me onward, ready to let go and leave me behind if I hesitate. Life rushes me through unfamiliar doors, past places I can’t recognize, shedding pieces of myself along the way. Each tick of the clock stirs my fears, a reminder of all that’s slipping away. Hours vanish in the span of a blink. I’m trying, pushing forward, stumbling blindly through the years, fighting to become someone better, grasping for strength. I’m finally seeing my faults, glimpsing my chance to grow, struggling to make up for the seconds wasted and the opportunities missed. But how am I supposed to heal when you haunt my every step? Just one moment, that’s all I need, to catch my breath, to mend the cracks, to become who I long to be. But my pleas go unanswered as you run faster, slipping out of reach. The nights echo with your ticking, a metronome of loss. Dreams once within reach now lie shattered. Can we pause, even briefly? Just let me stand still as you rush by. I need more of you, Time, to keep learning, to keep trying. But somehow, I know there’s not much left.
Oct 29, 2024
Oct 29, 2024 at 3:59 PM UTC
would you let me breathe?
listen to all the ***** you say
needed space but there's no way
even I can't quit with a pray
everyone keeps on talking
but there's no one listening
to put the world on my back
instead of my hand
puts so much weight on the words
puts so much weight on the thoughts
everyone's in a rush
with no moment of hush
can we sit down and talk?
can we take a moment to breathe?
can we not run but walk?
can we take a moment to breathe?
Sep 16, 2021
Sep 16, 2021 at 9:36 AM UTC
Sometimes
I wish the world didn't move so fast
and stayed where it is
even though a progress
is essential for life
Dec 19, 2020
Dec 19, 2020 at 7:32 AM UTC
sometimes it’s not the world that is loud,
there’s no rain, no grey cloud,
sometimes it’s a storm inside of me,
where the wind is strong,
like a very cold breeze.
sometimes it’s the rain in my soul,
pouring emotions, telling me to let go,
sometimes it’s not the
outside world,
that is loud,
it’s my inner peace
that whirls around and
has been gathering war clouds
because sometimes
there’s too much stress,
to many thoughts, an excess
it’s not life’s best part
but sometimes
there’s a storm in my heart.
there are lightning’s, even thunder,
and I feel like I’m going under
but I better calm down,
there’s no need for me to drown.
I pick myself up, piece by piece
it’s not a fight without cease
there’s no need for preoccupation,
as long as I am, my own salvation.
- gio
Nov 8, 2020
Nov 8, 2020 at 1:07 PM UTC
I fell without boundaries
I fell without looking at my surroundings
I didn't pause
I didn't stop
I didn't check my feelings
I didn't voice where needed
I should of slowed down
I should of been sound
I should of spoke up
I should of thrown out a
Safety net to catch
My fall..
Sep 12, 2020
Sep 12, 2020 at 4:56 PM UTC
It's a routine
and there is a disruption
Everything is fine
On the surface
Dig deeper, an eruption.
Let's believe in it
but worry is constant companion,
Hope is whimsical
It flutters and breaks
And burns again with flame.
It was a dream,
A beginning and the end,
A living breathing trend.
But a life is beyond imagination,
Ups and downs and a show.
Now to this slowdown,
We don't know,
The time in abundance
Is going to drain
A fear turning to a new name.
The year has been
straight out of some ******** movie
It is building and building
and no one knows
what kind of end it will bring.
May 2, 2020
May 2, 2020 at 5:55 AM UTC
sometimes it’s right next to you
but you’re not having a clear view
you can be in the right place
and still feel like you’re loosing the race
but why do you rush? why do you hurry?
it makes all the images come out so blurry
take it easy, slow down a bit
it’s simple, yes I admit,
it will just make your mind split
now you’re counting pro and contra
trying to find your personal mantra
you are good thoughts and bad ones
you decide what energy your body runs
so slow down a bit
take a breath and don’t quit
happiness is right next to you,
so relax your mind and enjoy the view.
- gio, 03.04.2020
Apr 2, 2020
Apr 2, 2020 at 7:20 PM UTC
Curtains open,
I allow everything in the world to see inside
Barefoot on the beach
I allow the world upon my feet with every tide
Half past midnight
I allow the moonlight to caress my skin
Once dawn arrives I marvel at the sunrise with a grin
I've slept on many a clouds in my dreams
With the sun as my blanket warming me with every one of its beams
I love the smell of fallen leaves all piled up
Coffee beans and their aroma that fill my cup
The crackle of the fireplace as the snow gently falls upon my face
I love that I have learned that life is not a race
I live it now
I live it at my pace
I have to go now
I have a relationship with my oft' muses that I want to continue to grow
Albeit, slow
Feb 10, 2020
Feb 10, 2020 at 9:21 AM UTC
Time runs down a waterfall
Accelerating at 9.81 meters/sec^2
There is no point in jumping ahead
We are all going to the same place
So let's enjoy this waterfall
Together
Jan 15, 2020
Jan 15, 2020 at 2:48 AM UTC
Why is it
that I only sit quietly
in the morning?
Am I allowed just
one breath
of wholeness
before the barrage
of the day?
What would happen
if I claimed
all my other breaths
in the name of peace -
of saving a life?
What would the world
do with me?
Aug 10, 2019
Aug 10, 2019 at 11:45 AM UTC
HOW DARE YOU
CAN YOU PLEASE
THERE IS NEVER TIME
WHAT ABOUT THE RIGHT TIME?
Time
Can you please go slower
Slower when its time
Or faster
Faster when its right
The odds are against my favor
When there is time
Is there ever time
Dec 29, 2018
Dec 29, 2018 at 3:53 PM UTC
Why worry for youth if in your heart you're forever young
If your joy is kept alive
If your smile is still bright
Why worry for the future of gray hairs and parchment skin
If love is had would it be so bad
To one day sit and reminisce without the threat of immortality
Without the prison of eternal youth
Fun for years
Fun for hours
Decades
Centuries
Eternity towers
Appreciate the world
When the spring in your step has gone sour
Appreciate the season
Stop and smell the flowers
Feel the snow
The cold
The pain that as a youth you were in a rush to rid
What have you to say after your rushing worries have rushed away
What memories can you retain if you speed through to the end
You can sit for years and muse, pretend
Make a plan
Take your time
Life may be short but it's a short long while
Especially to the end
Sep 17, 2018
Sep 17, 2018 at 1:04 PM UTC
long-legged brothers
daddy long legs, too
hurry, scurry
*wait up,
I can't keep up with you
slow down
wait for me
I'm lagging
don't you see*
~~~~~~~~~~
read...read...
scurry...scurry
always feeling in a hurry
so many...so much
you write too fast
it's like walk-running
in the past
slow down...
I lag behind it's true
slow down, wait for me
I can't keep up!
I can't keep up with you!
May 28, 2018
May 28, 2018 at 10:24 AM UTC
Missing a glimpse of her
Was just as bad as being late.
My feeling flown all over the place.
The punctuality of being at the exact place at the right time.
Missing this glance everything falls out of place.
The sudden challenge of tomorrow.
Being on time, this moment left behind.
Admittedly I hurried the next moment.
To miss the same glance.
My feelings all over the place.
To think, flowers are never as late as they seem
May 20, 2018
May 20, 2018 at 2:13 PM UTC
Time and I like to race,
And the both of us won’t give in.
We wish to claim first place;
We both deny what’s not a win.
With my eye on the prize,
I try to beat my nemesis.
For it’s time I despise,
It is a thief with arrogance.
And for the longest time,
My rival was in the craved lead.
I now forbid his crime;
I have stolen his spot, indeed.
“How I do this?” you ask.
Well, it is the most simple thing.
Within each day I bask,
And in each small moment, I sing.
I don’t say “Next week I…”
And I don’t mention what has past.
I live for the day, though,
attempting just to make it last.
One day I will have won,
And I will claim my spot: first place.
I am who made time run,
All because I slowed down my pace.
Jan 24, 2018
Jan 24, 2018 at 10:50 PM UTC
It is a time to slow down
We sunk in the ocean of love
I wish you could just be around
And not be like a lost glove
Do not get me wrong
I do not want to be free of
I just had it on my tongue...
May 16, 2017
May 16, 2017 at 7:34 AM UTC
Waking up in the morning
still tired and groggy
rushing to leave the house
throwing on whatever clothes are closest to me.
endless cycle, day in, day out
rushing through my life to do someone else's bidding
then it clicks.
something in my head, and in my heart.
I want more of you, more of us
more time to explore the true nature of life
unbound, free to choose my own speed
today, here, with you, I choose slow
Oct 2, 2016
Oct 2, 2016 at 5:41 PM UTC