Straight Ahead

The new year found me alone at a deserted roadside, not knowing where to go but thumbing for a ride. The signposts displayed 2023 South and 2024 North. Motorists, speeding along in both directions, saw my two thumbs up pointing in both directions. They all stared, as if to say, "Make up your mind". It did not matter to me where it took me, my mind was set to board any ride that bothered to stop. Whether we care or dare to go here or there, thumbing and bombing without care can take us just about anywhere. As it happened, a Southbound motorist picked me up, and before I knew it, I was seeing places I had already been. I felt like a kid on a merry-go-round, except that I felt no fun. The driver then said to me that some of us might feel like going backward or staying put for fear of where the Northbound lanes would lead. And then he said, "The only eyes we have are in front of our heads". 010824PS