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Can you visualize where this poem came to be?
60 MPH by LCF 2016 (for 5 more hours)
The feeling I get
careening down a dark road slick with rain
windshield wiper metronome
melodic squeal of tires
I revel in terrified delight
knowing a slight turn of the wheel
could stop all possible futures;
in that moment, no worries can assail me
the bills that I can’t pay,
the aches and pains as I wake,
the people I can never please no matter how I try
fade to insignificance
as I watch the headlights of the other cars
and the reflecting arrows
all happening in slow motion
at 60 miles per hour
Yep it is me driving, it is my greatest joy, especially on twisting precarious roads...
9 Answers
- 4 years ago
You don't say who's driving... is that on purpose? You say a slight turn of the wheel could end your future(s), but that still doesn't tell us you're in control. Why am I asking? I don't know---it just seems to matter somehow, when I try to crawl into the mind of the one writing the poem up there. Is she huddled in the corner of the passenger seat, fresh bruises on her face, a book of poems clutched in her hands? Or is she fleeing for her life...gripping the wheel with slippery palms...or maybe she's simply driving home from work. Your poem gives us clues to her life but cleverly hides more recent, potentially significant details. Anyhoo---your poem forced me to stop and re-read it a few times, and ponder it, and I guess you have yourself a real poem here. It's not perfect, but what is nowadays? It's pretty good. Especially the last two lines---a first rate ending. Good to see you LC... and Happy New Year.
- Coop 366Lv 74 years ago
It has been a while since I received anything from you. The poem was worth waiting for, I can not tell you where it happen but with me behind the wheel any road. As for the time it is now, the older I get more people seem to want to change me or mold me into what they see. Great to see you and a happy new year.
- ?Lv 74 years ago
Very nice, which my autocorrect want to rewrite as Wet nigh. Works either way
Poem by Autocorrect
Bigger gravity plugs
Light vesicles strike
Hygienic lodge equals
Khufu's shill welcomes
Therapie Gnome drei Jahren
This is what you get
when you let
Spell check 👋 the frets
Source(s): Happy and Safe new year! Keep passing the Jersey barriers. - 4 years ago
where it came to be, in the mind, as for why it came to be is another matter
a journey whether real or imagined is never the less still a journey
this particular one is a journey all can relate to
a moment in time perhaps
or a story that unfolds from the poet
either way written in a manor pleasing to the eye
of the reader..to them they will seek their own understanding
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- Caz :) xLv 74 years ago
Yes I can , In slow motion I can see the headlights the steering wheel moving the windscreen the dash flouting past in ( Slow Motion ) But I can not feel anything ... '' This poem is a journey a geographical journey for me .
Really Good 'Really, good ... ''You've been there haven't you ?
- doeLv 74 years ago
Being on a spiritual level with all the frustrations of life makes the mind veer towards headlights. Just remember to keep the wheels straight. Hugs.
- 4 years ago
There are beautiful periods of time, or time capsules, that are
a small window of time where nothing else matters. You captured
that moment in cogent fashion LC. Good effort. Thomas