worldpoetryday 2019

i remember watching the car
in the next lane over, on the 4 lane road.
there were 2 occupants, in the front seat. i was in the back seat
and old enough to see out the windows. at one point
i watched the horizon of low distant hills, speed
by, through their back window, before they sped ahead of us.
i tried to surmise their body language, through that rear window, as they became
mere silhouettes within a vanishing point, driving north
in a late afternoon sun, until they took the next exit,
a mile up the road, and becoming smaller still.
Where are they going? i wondered, in my young mind, i tried
to imagine them, reaching their destination,
the people they would meet there, where they would spend the evening, that
the environment was loud with talk, warm with friendship, while they smiled a lot,
at each other, which was not lost on their friends, and perhaps
they shared innuendos, that come from years of shared experience. Yet
the night wore on, and darkness descended, and as the car slowed down,
i returned to my surroundings, the veil of this dream evaporated, and
i found myself home.
#worldpoetryday #roxstyle

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