The Highway of Existence

An old piece of work from years ago I think it still holds up.

The dreams of yesterday are the hopes of tomorrow
The unimaginable is now commonplace
The unknown has revealed itself
The fears that once held you rigid
Have long since departed

The immortality of youth has dimmed with the passing years
The speed that you tore at life with
Has long slowed

The endless highways of your life
Is now one long road
The car in which you travel
Is in great need of repair

The mechanics say that there is nothing they can do
They insist that it’s a write off
They tell you to trade it in
You ignore them

Your fellow travelers
Zoom past you
On their way to who knows where

Their journey takes them along another route
To a place they hope to find everything they could ever want
To their own nirvana

To squeeze a few more miles
To travel a little bit further down the road
Just a few more miles

Destinations end in sight
Just round the bend
Not far now
Another mile
Just

The engine has given out
No more traveling for you
Stranded on the highway of existence
With no where to go
With no way of getting there even if you did

(c)  2004