Ride the Road to Release

*A poem inspired by my love of road trips.

Nothing’s better

than the open road.

Go ahead, release your load;

the key unchains the fetter.

Miles and miles

and miles forever,

Yellow lines that never

think to beguile.

With the windows down,

You, the driver, smile,

forgetting all your trials

as the wind blows around.

A pathway of thought

on that concrete ground

provides portals profound

to distant lands sought.

Cities and towns of magnificence,

Pre-claimed regions beautifully wrought;

But the best of the lot

Are those with inhabitants of benevolence.

Back on the road

we are taught

that release cannot be bought;

Experience must unfold.