2015 in Review
By now, every news outlet has an article about 2015 in review where we look back at most talked about topic of the year etc. Why do we look back before we enter the new year? Why does Janus have two faces?
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 leftOr make a U-turn and go back.
Sometimes it is hard to chooseAnd looking in the rear view mirrorIs not looking back like Lot’s wifeBut watching to prevent side swipes.
While I ponder how to get to my destinationGo straight ahead, turn right or turn left,I catch you eyeing my ride and revving your engineAnd I find myself at another intersection.
Now, I don’t like to lose and as a teenPeople said, “You drive with a lead-foot.”Yes, I’m tempted to race when the light turns greenBut I’m more mature now, so I’ll let you go.
Waiting at that red light reminds me of a timeI 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. Intersection (II)
Life is full of intersectionsAnd it is not a mere coincidenceThat I ponder life when I driveAs the road as claimed so many lives.
Each time I take that curve of road,I reach another intersectionAnd want to start a petitionBecause I am still angry.
Then I rationalize to calm myself downThat it happens to other vehicles typesAnd ordinary places. It’s that type of intersectionWhich we don’t get to choose.
from Seventieth Avenue (ISBN: 1507693629), Copyright © 2015 Suzzette Dawes
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 leftOr make a U-turn and go back.
Sometimes it is hard to chooseAnd looking in the rear view mirrorIs not looking back like Lot’s wifeBut watching to prevent side swipes.
While I ponder how to get to my destinationGo straight ahead, turn right or turn left,I catch you eyeing my ride and revving your engineAnd I find myself at another intersection.
Now, I don’t like to lose and as a teenPeople said, “You drive with a lead-foot.”Yes, I’m tempted to race when the light turns greenBut I’m more mature now, so I’ll let you go.
Waiting at that red light reminds me of a timeI 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. Intersection (II)
Life is full of intersectionsAnd it is not a mere coincidenceThat I ponder life when I driveAs the road as claimed so many lives.
Each time I take that curve of road,I reach another intersectionAnd want to start a petitionBecause I am still angry.
Then I rationalize to calm myself downThat it happens to other vehicles typesAnd ordinary places. It’s that type of intersectionWhich we don’t get to choose.
from Seventieth Avenue (ISBN: 1507693629), Copyright © 2015 Suzzette Dawes
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