Road Trip

Photo by George Armstrong (This image is from the FEMA Photo Library.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

"Detour" said the sign, and I agree.

It's been a long, long time.

I must have missed the turnoff

to take me back to the main road.

I've been lost on these little backroads 

and I can't find my way free.

Left turns are a great way

of catching a glimpse of what lies behind you.

But life in the rearview mirror

is closer than it appears.

Step lightly on the brakes,

or the past will overtake you.

It's a shame that life has so many

damned blind curves.

Well, if the road is winding,

at least the scenery's nice.

And it looks like it's all downhill

from here.

July 18th, 1996

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