As we approach another year, another intersection, I leave you with "Intersections" (both I and II):
Intersections (1)
Life is full of intersections,
Waiting on me to choose:
Go straight ahead, turn right, turn left
Or make a U-turn and go back.
Sometimes it is hard to choose
And looking in the rear view mirror
Is not looking back like Lot’s wife
But watching to prevent side swipes.
While I ponder how to get to my destination
Go straight ahead, turn right or turn left,
I catch you eyeing my ride and revving your engine
And I find myself at another intersection.
Now, I don’t like to lose and as a teen
People said, “You drive with a lead-foot.”
Yes, I’m tempted to race when the light turns green
But I’m more mature now, so I’ll let you go.
Waiting at that red light reminds me of a time
I could have, but failed, to accomplish.
So now I’m back in South Florida, a “U-turn”
In my work life and I arrive at an intersection.
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Intersection (II)
Life is full of intersections
And it is not a mere coincidence
That I ponder life when I drive
As the road as claimed so many lives.
Each time I take that curve of road,
I reach another intersection
And want to start a petition
Because I am still angry.
Then I rationalize to calm myself down
That it happens to other vehicles types
And ordinary places. It’s that type of intersection
Which we don’t get to choose.
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from Seventieth Avenue (ISBN: 1507693629), Copyright © 2015 Suzzette Dawes
