The Running Man with No Hands or Feet

the day will come
when you'll hear them say
there's no pill
no cure
there's nothing
left to do
but hope and pray

and at that point
you don't ask –
are you sure?
you just walk quietly away
while death holds open
the door

and when you come
to the corner of Hope and Pray
you stop and obey
the sign across the street
the one with the running man
with no hands and no feet
frozen in mid-air

and you wait

when you become impatient
and try to press the walk button
death slaps your hand away
and says: wait - more are coming

so you impatiently wait

and suddenly
a mass of pedestrians
descends upon the intersection
and in one great crossing it is over
and no one is left on the corner
of Hope and Pray
Death has swept them all away

except for the running man
with no hands and no feet
frozen in mid-air