Floodgates open, thousands of people

darting along, some flounder, some flourish,

each one striving for that extra turn of speed

that ensures they will reach their cherished

destinations before anyone else.

In this endeavour they wander, and weave,

many attempt near suicidal crossings of

car, and bus infested thoroughfares,

cheating death by millimetres to

resurface on the other side, rejoining the

seething shoal of…

Half moon clinging to

early morning light,

translucent and fragile against

blue sky.

A silent watcher from above,

watching over man

and beast.

His night time duty finished

he lingers, as if waiting

for further orders,

perhaps he is hanging back to see

if this mad world is any

different in broad daylight.

Finding no sense, no rhyme,

no reason,

he resumes his decline.

Helped…

Escalator glides upwards . . .

21 people glide upwards too . . .

Fat . . .Thin . . .Large . . .Small . . .

Tall . . .Young . . .Old . . .Black . . .

White . . .Male . . .Female . . .

Some remain stationary on this

escaltor to second floor

shopping heaven . . .

others can't wait that long,

they push past to attain

retail Shangri-la, or

somewhere close to it,

the pulse of the almighty

dollar…

The moment

and the

minute

become the hour

and the day,

and just as

time builds

on time,

we two

have followed

that same path,

with love

our constant

companion

through thick

and thin . . .

sometimes

considerably

thicker than

thin.

All in all . . .

amazing !