Too Fast

This train is going so fast.

Yesterday I was celebrating two new teeth

Today we are fitting braces.

Can’t we stop in the station for a while

You and I

Experience the joy and learning one encounter brings

before hurtling toward the next.

 

This train is going so fast.

Just the other day I heard you say, “I love you Mum”

It was the first time.

Now I wave goodbye at the door

As you head eagerly for the school bus.

Its moving way too fast,

This train.

 

This train is going so fast.

Sometimes I don’t breath.

Maybe I can hold time back

Maybe I can put off the destination

And we can linger a while

This train ….much too fast.

Inspired by Ann Voskamp