Momentum

Joggers and walkers and puppies at play,
Taxis and Ubers and ferries –
All that I saw at the start of my day,
Plus the fruit stands with melons and berries.

7 AM and the city’s alive –
Awakened, refreshed and prepared
To bicycle, power walk, run or to drive,
Some with coffee they quickly have snared.

The energy, palpable as my own face,
Entices us so we believe
That the rest of the world’s at a similar pace
Though, of course, such a thought is naïve.

For New Yorkers do move to a different beat
And you love it or hate it, but still,
It cannot be denied that each morning we greet
That momentum New York does fulfill.