Tom Bell Poet Bio

California Dreaming (In This Case, a Nightmare)

It was years ago,
I was younger and more fit,
I went to California,
And was soon scared out of my wit...

I decided to travel,
With family in tow,
Down the "Big Sur",
But I didn't know...

It was a ride into
A nightmare,
I was paralyzed with fear,
Driving on a road,
With death oh so near...

No guard rail in sight,
I near choked on my fright,
Steep cliff on my right,
My imagination took flight

Down into the abyss,
We surely would go,
Californian cars on my bumper,
My terror did ever grow

What do they want?
For me to dive off the cliff?
So they can rush to their goals,
Another five minutes the diff?

There came a pull over spot,
All the closer to doom,
I pulled over quick,
With hardly any room...

The endless traffic went by,
At fifty MPH or more,
I figured I was there,
Till I could no longer endure,

After what seemed endless hours,
I got back on the road,
Got off as soon as possible,
I had no need for a goad

I drove hundreds of miles inland,
In order to return,
To my hotel that day,
And I did learn

It's up to fools to dare,
Things they know not what they do,
And let me tell you,
Of me this was true.

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