Rat Race (Where All Are Merciless) Poem by Michael Fischer

You’re stride in stride with your nemesis
in a rat race where all are merciless.
You took a shortcut but it backfired.
Fatigue sets in; now it’s down to the wire.

You get your second wind and take the lead.
You’re going to win ‘cause it’s meant to be.
But you stumble on your arrogance,
and lose, with your tail between your legs.

You watch the bane in your life succeed.
There’s nothing you can do but take heed.
You deplore the decisions you made,
but what you learned, can’t be taken away.

(March 26,2007)