Drive On
If only
I knew beforehand.
More and more control
Is lost, despite
The promise of change.
The usual route was blocked.
Light did its best
To stretch itself further,
To brighten the street signs,
To ward off the dark.
The car
Felt like a toy.
The wind could be seen
In the arch of the trees,
The craze of the branches.
Fields of misted heather
Lined the view
In the distance,
Like the blur of a glass lens
Splattered with rain.
And then came
The villages,
Like forgotten belongings,
The regret
Of not glimpsing sooner.
Far beneath
The quarries loomed-
Gaping holes; little houses
Were lit, and called,
And called.
All I could do was drive on.
Glad you did?
Not really, I wish I’d stopped.
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Thank you, and likewise! You write some lovely poetry.