Streetlights Don’t Wait

We stand
on sidewalks
hoping time
slows down
just once.

But streetlights
never wait.

They change
from red
to green
without asking
if you’re ready.

Just like life.
Just like people
who move on
while you're
still standing
in yesterday.

You replay
the moment
what you said
what you didn’t.

You wonder
if they looked back.

You wonder
why it mattered
so much.

It’s not
the leaving
that stings
it’s how
quickly
you’re replaced.

How laughter
finds them
without you.

How their world
spins
while yours
still stalls
at the crosswalk.

Some nights
you think
you hear footsteps
coming back.

But it’s just
wind
and your memory
lying again.

So you walk.
You walk
through green lights
and red flags.

Because staying
still
hurts more
than moving on.