Always in Motion

You moved through life 

with a love for speed 

and all things fast 

Your childhood love 

Race cars 

In the form of go-carts 

Tricycles gave way to bikes 

Bicycles gave way to dirt bikes 

Fast cars, fast times 

For all that hurrying 

We didn’t know 

You were rushing away 

You chased the horizon 

like it owed you something 

like life was a straight stretch 

waiting to be opened up 

Wind in your face 

engine beneath you 

the world just a blur 

you refused to crawl through 

And now time 

has done what it does 

without asking us 

if we were ready 

Seventeen 

is not a finish line 

It is barely 

the starting flag 

What wouldn't we give 

for one more rev 

one more laugh 

one more reckless grin 

But speed was never 

what defined you 

It was the joy 

the light 

the spark 

that made us smile 

when you walked in 

And that 

has not slowed 

It lives 

where we keep you now 

Always in motion 

© Ron Simpson Jr. 

February 12, 2026