Mariel Ilagan

Slow Walker

Slow walker

I keep running into you 

In this busy sidewalk

With your unbearable smugness

 

Slow walker

Always right behind you 

I\'m running late in life

But you won\'t let me pass through

 

Slow walker

You\'re blocking my vision

But I\'m not leaving behind

All my dreams and ambitions

 

Slow walker

You\'re not even real 

You\'re just an illusion

From my self-doubt and fears

 

Oh, slow walker

I fondly await the day

You stop holding me down

Even if I have to take another path 

 

Can\'t keep blocking my way

You sluggish, slow walker

You\'ll just be a shadow someday

And I shall walk at my own pace