The Race

By ​Thee Sim Ling

someone once said
life was as if they were
stones in a wheelbarrow
and they were falling out
onto the pebbled path
one by one
nobody really knew how many stones
they had left
so i have taken this as a race
it’s a race
against life
it’s a race
to live your dream life
before Death snatches it away
“get ready, get set, go!”
these three commands were uttered
at the starting line
in our mother’s womb
you may have been born normal
i may have been born more unique
but we all have
a wheelbarrow of finite stones
and we must finish this journey
before the stone run out
the hourglass was turned
now time is running out
keep running
keep pushing
keep living
and you shall win the race against life