Dawn still rises, slowly, stubbornly

As the day begins

And you know you have to get up

You know you have to work

Half the world wakes up

Half the world goes to bed

You work through the day

You push at their buttons

You pull at their heartstrings

You prod at their brains

And they do the same to you

And yet the world still spins around

For it doesn’t wait for those that stumble

Time still flies

It doesn’t wait for those unprepared

Life still ends

It doesn’t wait for those who beg

Beg for one last day

And before you know it

You’ve been swept away

Away from the world that spins

And the time that flies

And the life that moves

And the people who push and and pull and prod

And wake up in the morning

And go to sleep at night

And move through their daily lives without fully waking up

And looking around them

For when they go to bed

Not all get back up

Only some wake up the next morning

To see that

Dawn still rises, slowly, stubbornly