A Poem About Life Going Too Quickly

I noticed the leaves changing today

I noticed it as I was driving in my car

For the first time this year, I noticed the leaves.

I noticed the yellows mixed with the greens.

I noticed reds and oranges on some of the trees.

I was caught off guard by how early it’s all happening

And it made me sad.

It made me sad because of how fast the change was coming

And until now, by me at least, it had largely gone unnoticed.

My own ignorance in my surroundings, the beauty of the nature around me

How caught up I had become in my daily life

It made me think of how I need to slow down and take notice

Time is slipping by, and it’s slipping by way too fast.