Running for a Cause

Commonly referred to, as a "rat-race"
we're the top candidates to be considered, "rats"...
because, we're the ones always running;

just don't ask me, why...either!
For, I may just end up on a wild tangent;
because, everybody knows..."rats" run on wheels.

Not wheels, as in the case of, skates...
although, the possibilities are rather staggering;
but, excercise wheels that don't travel anywhere.

I mean, let's face it...rats EXCERCISE
on these little wheels; but provided they don't fall,
nothing will end up changing for them.

See, I don't care what goes on in every body's head,
the "rat-race" will always try to pave the way home,
but, the progress will ALWAYS be compared to  the private wager made between friends.

I've stepped back, many a time,
but, I've always appreciated the final total
of the distance, when compared to the integrity of , "running in place"...

and, this time's no difference at all, my friend...
for there's one teeny, weeny, voice on the race-track...that matters,
and that's the voice, wondering as to the whereabouts of the "human race" !

There are small indications that we ARE rats.
So, we need to cease running in place...
and begin running to find ourselves.....and start running, for a real cause.....a cause that matters.