Running Faster Than Their Shadows Poem by Qiniso Mogale

Thinking they are better than others
Not acknowledging their mistakes
Neglecting their responsibilities
Not willing to face their consequences
Abandoning their consciences
Missing critical steps
Overstepping their bounds
Crossing the limits
Running faster than their shadows.

Full of themselves
Lying to themselves
Above themselves
Full of pride
Full of arrogance
Full of deception
Forgetting they are mere human beings
Forgetting they resemble grass
Forgetting they were made from dust
Forgetting they shall return to dust
They think they are gods
They think they are what they are not
They believe they are what they are not
They run faster than their shadows.

Circumstances shall humble them
Situations shall humble them
God shall humble them
Humility shall be imposed on them
Humility shall be forced down their throats
No longer shall they run faster than their shadows
They shall no longer run faster than their shadows.