Saturday, November 09, 2019

i never said the highway wouldn't be just an empty promise


any direction
year in year out
corn fields or orange groves
when it all passes
it's just
earth or ashes

just because you hold the wheel
doesn't mean you'll ever stay
on the straight and narrow
the lines in your face
and below your waist
tell a different story

someone a long time ago
told me that every day
that passes without a reckoning
is just another wasted one
     eventually
you run out of days

what looks like doom
might just be the end of time
or a song not written yet
or hidden words between the lines
you forgot to speak
when you had the chance

--- e b bortz

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