"Living"

We're all so ready
to move on with our lives
to grow up fast
and meet the right guy.
We're all so determined
to get through school
to turn eighteen
to turn twenty-one
to graduate college
and get our degrees.
Everybody's ready
for the next big step
an engagement
a wedding
a baby on the way.
We get so anxious
to move on to the next thing
to look forward to something
to spread our wings.
It's not til we're older
we'll realize
we wished it away
let the years fly by.
No matter how much they told us.
Our parents, our friends
our siblings, our grandparents
and random old men.
We always want more
we're ready to move along
to reach our next goal
to prove people wrong.
But everything's better
when you discover it's true
and you slow down
and notice the view.