Life pushes
It never pulls
It doesn't float you or carry you
It pushes none stop
Pushing
Pushing
Pushing
Shoving

All of us
a wild stampede of fear and anxiety
With no ability to look back and love what's is in front of us
With no stopping
With no waiting
With no halting

Life runs forward with us pushed along
Little control
Little direction
Trying to pilot a ship through a hurricane

Slow jerking snake like
Pierces dark runs on iron moves
Below under the city

Singing on train ride
Gibberish and madness meld
Homeless in New York

Tattooed hand holds phone
Urban beauty holds hope Grace
Travels through city life

Train moves jerkingly north
Commuters ignore each other
Waiting for days end