Shifting into fifth gear

The acceleration easing

Into a steady pace

Taking each turn gradually

Hitting the apex

Striding down the next straightaway -

A loping coyote

Covering long distances, appearing effortless

Laughing eyes mock the strugglers

For their blindness.

Do they not see the beauty

In front of them today

Or in the after-effects of their life?

There is always relief in reality -

Forget your unreachable dreams

And embrace today -

The last gasp of love

Or the first sensuous kiss -

Let them blend into a full life.

Neither faith in political views

Or escape into vague theologies.

A view of life as an observation organism

With an ability to see each person

As they are

Without classification or category -

Each with two eyes to see

And two ears to hear

But with vast differences

In perception & retention.

All of us in view

Of all of the others -

Deciding daily who to be