This Guy [Again]
We’re nearing the 6 month anniversary of Hello Universe, and to celebrate, I am republishing some of my favorite poems.
Today’s edition brings back the poem that had a lot of my readers texting and emailing me to share how relatable they found it! Enjoy reading it again, and send across your poem suggestions to me by clicking here.
Poem starts in 3… 2… 1!
Today we meet, this guy so sweet,
and kind, and fun, and smart.
He is so nice, he is so wise,
he even works so hard!
😓
😓
But there is stuff, that's been too rough,
on this here poor man.
A virus, see? Has come to be,
the bane of every clan.
😷
😷
It spreads by air, it's everywhere,
so one must stay at home.
So he is stuck, he's out of luck,
there's nowhere he can roam.
🔒
🔒
He misses trips, and on his lips,
are tales of trips from past.
And plans of fun, that he'll have once,
this pandemic has passed.
🧳
🧳
Beaches, mountains, fancy fountains,
they're all on his list.
Woods and deserts, foods and desserts,
oh, how they've been missed!
🏖️
⛰️
He'll sleep in shacks, find new life hacks,
he'll meet new people too!
He'll fall in love, maybe, somehow?
There's so much he will do!
🕺
🕺
He thinks these thoughts, and then he trots,
right back to his workdesk.
To somehow win, and prosper in,
this world so Kafkaesque.
👨💻
👨💻
And here's the thing, and it may ring,
quite true to you as well.
This man's assessed, that true success,
needs him to work like hell.
🛠️
🛠️
Being busy, is so easy,
he stays falsely satisfied.
So that is all he's worked towards,
and all that he has tried.
👔
👔
So he forgets, his dreams of jets,
his hopes of holidays.
He finds a way, to always say,
all his “busy” cliches.
⌛
⌛
Soon time will come, when life will hum
its happy tune again.
The virus will, somehow be killed,
and we'll forget its reign.
💉
💉
But he, we'll find, will hide behind,
a shiny new excuse.
Back to the grind, he'll be confined,
to his "productive" blues.
🔄
🔄
He'll dream new dreams, but soon it seems,
he'll settle for much less.
His plans for trips, will just be blips,
and that's just his process.
🤷
🤷
But now, be true; could this be you?
Are you just as confined?
When life says "Hi!", do you reply,
"Not now bro, later's fine."
👋👋
It’s easy to be busy,
while your life passes you by.
So I suggest, and do request,
my friend, don't be this guy.
🙏🙏
That’s it!
Thanks for checking out edition no. 24 of Hello Universe. Share this poem with someone who needs to go for a vacation soon!
Some fun stuff:
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See you next week!