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# Slowing down
- URL: https://www.therunningkick.eu/poetry-slowing-down/
- Published: 2020-06-20T12:29:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-19T12:34:32.000Z
- Description: Slowing down by Katharina Sowa.
- Author: Katharina Sowa
- Tags: Poetry

So this is life.  
Fast. Quick. Rapid.  
Give it to me.  
Now.

Faster, higher,  
Better.

Why you so slow?  
Be more efficient,  
More effective.  
You can do better.  
Quick response,  
No need to think.

I want it.  
I get it.  
Now.

Fast life,  
Fast food,  
Fast love,  
Fast sex.

No need  
For thinking,  
Talking,  
Sleeping.

No deep  
connection.  
I'm gone  
Tomorrow.

Nothing lasts forever.

No need to do it  
On my own.  
I am covered  
By my phone.

Assist me here,  
Assist me there.

Me so lazy,  
Me so basic.

Don't want  
To think,  
To act,  
Respond.

I'm not responsible.  
It wasn't me.  
Just something else.  
Acting for me.

But why so?

I'm tired.  
Searching  
Inner peace.

Of mind,  
Of heart,  
Of soul.

Deep connection.  
Slowing down.  
Thoughtful talks.  
Connected hearts.

You and me.  
No rushing through.

Taking time.  
Moving slow.  
Touching the soul,  
Body, and heart.

No rapidness.  
Slowness comes.

Breathing in.  
Breathing out.

No one cares.  
But I do.

No one listens.  
But I do.

No one touches.  
But I do.

Speak up  
Or no one will.

Letting go  
rapidness.  
Tired soul.  
Slowing down.