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Caprice (Free verse) by PoetryIsDead
Sometimes I can drive for miles without remembering it.
Come to miles away with no memory of the miles that have passed.
How much does the highway hold in transit that I will never get back?
How many things have I missed while lost in those miles?
I miss lots of things.
You in the mirror making sure every strand is in place.
One foot on the dash and one out the window;
skimming the air like a flat stone on water.
Reticent and reserved, or singing into your lighter
like you belonged on stage.
I miss your head in my lap while you sleep the long drive home.
The way your laughter embodies all the innocence we shared.
I just miss your smile.
I wonder if those miles might have held one more.
I wonder all this to realize, I don't remember driving all over again.
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