Surrounded by a sea of cars

in a place I don’t know

Where traffic slows to a crawl

All I can do is take time

to recall

The 4 mile drive

that took me from home

and brought me to a familiar

place I had come to know

The hour at lunch and

the comfort of home

The kiss on the lips

from my love as we both

return to our work

from our humble abode

So far away from this place

am I

I barely can stand it

I ask myself why

Why I allowed myself

to travel so far

To be away from my

new beginnings and my original

fresh start

Everyday, In the place I call “home”

I rest my weary head on a pillow

waiting for the night to pass

wondering when I can leave

and meet my love again at last

For it was his words, his desire

that sent me away

to make some decisions

and come what may

When all I serve

is a penance

it seems

and the daily trials that follow

leave me living in this bad dream.