The Journey
The wheels turn,
the road stretching in to the distance.
I hear the hum of the engine
buzzing like a thousand honey bees.
The broken white lines flash past in my rear view mirror
on their never ending race to the horizon.
I feel as if I'm standing still.
Is it me that's moving,
or is it the world around me?
Since you left I just don't know.
Each day is but an image of the day before,
each moment I live again and again,
as if the same instant has been set to loop,
over and over and over.
I wish I could see you,
but you are lost to me.
I wish I could call you,
but If I do and you don't answer...
The fear is just too great.
My poor heart wouldn't last a moment.
I miss you so.
Who would have thought it would end like this.
I guess you knew.
The road is now turning and I see mountains before me,
just another obstacle ahead.
I've jumped life's hurdles on more occasions than I care to count.
It's nothing new,
but now I grow weary.
Is it truly worth the pain?
The rains have come and gone,
and left everything wet.
The road is slippery.
I should mind my way, but my thoughts are of you,
always you.
I know I will never again hear the soft whisper of your gentle words,
the tinkling bells in the joy that is your laughter,
the illuminating gaze of the light from your caring eyes.
As well it should end this way,
our road diverging into separate paths,
yours running straight and true,
mine meandering to no specific destination.
I once had no fear of the road.
As long as the stars gazed down upon me
the journey was always my companion
and I was where I should be.
Lost is just a word people use
when they think they know where they are going.
I have never been lost,
not until you.
Now home seems so very, very far away.
I'm not sure I have enough fuel to make it.
I see a road sign not far ahead of me
but all of the paint has been scraped away.
So I'll just keep traveling on
until this beat up old car can't run anymore,
and perhaps that's where I'll stay.
Better yet, I see fresh pavement veering from my path,
Perhaps I'll find a new road to travel.
08/07/2018
Copyright © James Inman | Year Posted 2018
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