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On the Go


Rush, rush, rush
to get my works done
fastly, fastly, fastly...

Trying to beat the clock's
second hand;
Trying to slow down the clock's
minute hand;
Trying to maximize
the time determined
by the clock's hour hand;
Trying to go on
step by step
like a cheetah on the run.

I pant,
I cram,
And now I can hardly breathe.

Time flies by, and
As I try to overtake it
in this race
we call life,
I carry on the guts
to make myself
be productive as I can.

Rush, rush, rush...

by Berna Balingit