Blink of an eye

It's crazy

what can happen

in the blink

of an eye.

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People get engaged,

babies are born,

and others age

watching the coming storm.

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Sometimes

It all passes you by.

But it's crazy what can happen

in the blink of an eye.

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Normal day; Busy day

Time for work; never play

It's funny what we do

and don't remember.

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It's never been another way.

Morning rush; frosted breath.

Must keep moving; never rest.

This is how the scene is set.

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Most of us spend our lives

working a job we don't like;

to live a life that we detest-

This vicious cycle like all the rest.

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I'm one of the many

living the daily beat.

Coming home to sit numb;

You may take your seat.

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Do my job, Do my duty, 

Always moving, always moving.

It's crazy what can happen

in the blink of an eye

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Radio playing in the background.

This is new, This is new

"Two birds on a wire"

Left too soon, Left too soon

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Sirens blaring; out from nowhere. 

World is spinning. World is burning.

Stumbled numbness, smoking ruins,

People yelling "what to do?"

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It's crazy

What can happen

In the blink

of an eye. 

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and life passes us by in the blink of an eye...so during that blink....we need to do what makes us happy....if we wait...our eyes will blink shut for the last time and we will have wasted what time and opportunities were ours.
yes, it is Crazy...
love the rhythm of this...the slant rhyme...etc.
all works to give it that theme of a quick pace, like life.
j.

[Relic]

The grass always seems to be greener somewhere else when we're not happy. That's a natural sentiment when you're caught in the daily grind of waiting, working, getting up early, being unsatisfied...

Life can suck. Those little moments of respite are important and needed wherever they can be found.