The Rest by Lawrence Raab
Cried in the cab all the way to school.
The Rest
Lawrence RaabYou’ve tried the rest.
You’ve waited long enough.
Everything catches up with you.And you’re too old,
or too young.
Or you don’t have the moneyor you don’t have the time.
Maybe you’re shy, and maybe
you’re just afraid.How often have you heard it,
have you promised
yourself you’d trysomething really different
if you had the chance?
Though you can’t help but wonderif all those people
know what they’re doing, now
you’re saying it with them:Eventually everything
catches up with us,
and it starts to show.We’ve waited all our lives, or as long
as we can remember, whichever
is long enough.