He woke, <br />broken dreams, <br />like bubbles exploding <br />on inpact. <br />Drifted downstairs, <br />letting go of sleep, <br />letting back in his depairs. <br />Sat at the table, <br />suffocating on his childrens <br />chatter, <br />nodding indifferently to his <br />wife's natter. <br />kissed two young lips <br />goodybe, <br />touched the wrinkled <br />cheek of his wife. <br />woke the car with his key, <br />erased thoughts of famiy. <br />Down the street of routine, <br />past fields of endless green, <br />past billboards, milk floats, <br />paper boys, school girls, <br />birds on telephone wires, <br />stuttering busses, <br />out onto the open road. <br /> <br />City air, drifted away, <br />without a care, <br />salty sea came freely, <br />and the blue eternal <br />came to view. <br />His face, <br />like a frozen lake, <br />emotions flowing, <br />under an icy clear surface. <br /> <br />He put the car to sleep, <br />at one hundred feet. <br />stepped out and walked <br />to the edge of the cliff, <br />opened his wallet, <br />took out his picture, <br />of his family, <br />wrote on the back, <br />'sorry but the road was just too long' <br />put the picture into his mouth, <br />and jumped out into the hungry sky. <br /> <br />Each tear falling into the ocean, <br />each limb snapping on angry rocks. <br />Two days later, he was found, <br />only his shoes remained on his body. <br />soul, clothes and life, <br />taken by the sea, <br />the price for taking away his misery.<br /><br />Not Long Left<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-road-was-just-too-long/
