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S.JENSEN © 2017
THE CAR RIDE
IS BACK
ON MY MIND
SEEMS SO
LONG AGO
IN A WORLD
I AM NOT
ALLOWED TO GO
IN THE NIGHT
ALL AROUND
PASS MY PAIN
TO MY CRANKED
MUSIC BRAIN
SWEET BITTER
MEMORIES
WHEN THINGS
BEGIN AND
NEVER END
IN THE WAY
I SO LET GO
AND DELVE DEEP
INTO A SEA
OF EMOTIONS
LOST IN THE WATER
A MILLION
YEARS
DEEP DOWN
TO THE TOWN
THAT LETS ME BE ME
YET HIDES
ITS DARKNESS
LIKE A STORM
CLOUD
RIDING AROUND
PULLING AT
THOUGHTS
THAT JUST WAS
IN A SHARED
DREAM
OF MY FOGGED
BACK VIEW
BREAK THE BEAT
OF DEDICATED SONGS
AND TEARS
THAT FELL
REPLACED BY MISPLACED
ANGER
AND BACK
AROUND AGAIN
LIKE THE FULL
MOON
IN MY SIGN
SAYING
HEY YOU
OUR TIME
AND NO ONE ELSE'S
STOLEN IN
THE WAKE
LIKE A
CREMATED
FRIEND
TURNED ENEMY
THEN LOST
ALONG THE WAY
CAUSE HOW ELSE
COULD IT BE
PAINTING MY
LIFE AWAY
WRITING MEMORIES
IN BETWEEN
THE REALITY
OF WHATEVER
SHADOWS
DANCED
THERE
ON THE BLADES
EDGES
FACED IT ALL
TO GATHER
ONLY
THAT WHICH
LONELY COFFEE
INDUCED
MORNINGS
OUT LIKE
DEW DROPS
AFTER THUNDER
AND
LIGHTNING
LIGHTS FLICKER
IN AND OUT
LIKE LOVE BIRDS
ON THE LIVEWIRE
IN THE SKY
WALKING ON
THE SIDEWALK
WHERE
DEATH KISSES
BUT SAYS
NO NOT YET
FOR LUCK SAYS
ITS GRACES
TO INTERVENE
REPLACING
NUMBED
THOUGHTS
OF
YESTERYEAR
WITH
EACH STEP
LIKE A NEW
ROSE PETAL
DROPPING
AS I GO
OH TO THE
CAR RIDE
THAT NEVER IS
BUT THE DREAM
OF A FOOL
LOST IN TIME
FOR BELIEVING
IN A FALSE LOVE
OR TO THE
LUSTFUL
CARELESSNESS
OF MY WHISPERS
OF HEAVENLY
CHOICES
LIKE THE RUMORS
AS OF A WISE OWL
BLINDED BY
THE GRATES
OF IRON
OVER THE GATES
AND
WALLS CRACKED
IN TIME
WITH FLOWERS
SHINING
THROUGH
ONWARD I WALK
TIL ONE DAY
TEARS WILL FALL
AS INSULTS
FADE
LIKE DAMAGED
HAIR
CUT AWAY
FOR A NEW
DAY
TO RISE
AND ONCE
AGAIN
CARRY
ME AWAY
OH TO A
MISGUIDED
FOOL’S
HEART
POUNDING
LIKE PYRITE
HARD
AND SHINING
BUT WORTH
NADA
IN THE END
TOMORROW
WILL COME
AND TODAY
IN THE DUST
AS THE
SUNSETS
IN THE MIRROR
AND I AM
NO LONGER
BEHIND THE
WHEEL
RIDING THESE
RAILS…
TO
NOWHERE!
OH MY
DREADED
DEAD
DREAMS...
