PACE-SETTER

a friend said :
‘set a pace, you’re all over the place’
.
“oh, do allow me to disagree,
i suspect you’ve never hugged a tree…”
.
i proceeded to explain
how circumstance once made me a hippy
he looked at me kinda strange
as if i was deeply dippy
.
i said:
“have you ever planted a seed
and cared to watch it grow?
it’s quite a deed
like no other i've come to know…”
.
he said:
‘ok
but how ‘bout now?
you can’t reap this seed you’ve sown’
.
“but i’ve seen it bud and sprout
watched it blossom out...”
.
‘but how about harvest?
do you not feed a starved nest?’
.
“now, that’s the hardest,
like when racing hearts rest”