Slowing Down This Race Poem by Wensday Wood

Lets just slow down
Yes it is a race but
No need to rush now
Let’s take things slow

It is only a race
But look where it’s heading
With these dirty jabs
Who’s to say its clean now?

Lets just slow down
When did it become so?
Heated between the dumbest
Of things kids don't even fight about?

It is only a race
We have lost track of the
Real reason why we are
Running in this race

Lets just slow down
Are all these things your
Saying just for the camera
Now so you won't lose?

It is only a race
I fear we can not get
Back on to the real reason
Why we have started this race

Lets just slow down
Maybe it’s not too late
To save this race and
What we really are

It is only a race
If we refocus then we
Can have a do over and
Play fair this time