I SEE FLAGS

Lap after lap, day after day,
I see colored flags along the way;
Clear track at first when I get out of bed,
It’s a green flag I can see straight ahead.
Half way through the day the colors will change
To different shades in the yellow range...
Be careful, slow down, don’t overdo;
There’s a hazard ahead, don’t push on through.
Sometimes there’s a red one, the worst of them all,
A fatigue-induced blow-out and I hit the wall.
I know when I see orange on blue that I need
To just step aside, let the true leaders lead.
Don’t use all my strength, we’re almost to white,
The flag that reminds me it soon will be night,
And even though the clock says “not yet”,
The black flag in my body says “Now you MUST pit!”
Deep in my soul I know that’s not the end:
Someday the checkered flag says I WIN!!



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