P.S Don't Hurry

Dear grown ups, don't you wish you were small Dear listeners, keep an ear out for the call. Dear children, you've got time. Don't hurry. Dear growers, whatever you do don't hurry. Dear teachers, look up from bent dictionaries Dear learners, be your own sewn visionaries. Dear waiters, I beg you, wait a little longer Dear rushers, do as they did wait longer. Dear poets, use words you understand please Dear dreamers, don't ever stop climbing tall trees. Dear walkers, won't you slow, tie your shoestrings Dear runners, just be careful fix your heartstrings. Dear mother, I've tried to do as you would Dear father, Would I be yours, then, had I could? Dear teenagers, don't play your music quite so loud Dear rebellers, we'll still hear you, not so loud. Dear anarchists, thank you greatly for your turmoil Dear lovers, thanks for unwinding hate's coil. Dear arguers, it's your choice, but you'll grow tired. Dear agree-ers, well, Love, we all grow tired. Dear typewriter, please find hope when things aren't permanent Dear pencil, oh how fleeting your ornaments. Dear thinkers, keep writing Dear writers, keep thinking Dear hope-ers, just know, nothing's permanent. Dear parents, it's me again, and dear Rebellers, I'm here, Dear sixteen year olds, maybe someday, you'll be both. Dear children, listen closely, and let's all give a cheer Dear wanders, we've all got something to clothe. Dear sunshine, please forgive rainfall Dear storm clouds, make amends with life's rag dolls. Dear ponderers Dear high school time wasters drab office desk workers lonely newspaper column writers Dear wine tasters Dear beer drinkers big book on a rainy day readers too fast bike pedallers Dear slumber party hair braiders Dear toy guns from window shooters mall shoppers tent sleepers Without a cause notebook writers Dear forgetful-of-meaning-college-textbook-reciters Dear absentminded calendar scratchers slutty time keepers hungry politician speakers Dear ancestors Dear future grandchildren Dear parents Dear listeners Dear children Dear teachers students waiters rushers poets Dear dreamers Dear walkers Dear runners Dear mothers fathers teenagers rebellers anarchists Dear silent hearts, Dear arguers Dear agreers Dear kiteflyers bus riders train crashers movie watchers train crashers kidnappers Dear God, if you're listening, We've all written, but we're fizzling Dear livers And Dear breathers altogether promise keepers With love, take your time we're time's reapers.