A Streak of a Pale Blue Car
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 12 years.
Despite a rather toned down existence in recent months
Always seemed to be in a state of perpetual motion or thinking
Staying completely still allowed the past to come creeping back in
Cannot slip back into repeatedly flawed patterns or bad habits
Time to break those once and for all in order to make next move
The ultimate game of Chess if there ever was any in existence
One step forward and a half a step backwards
The nature of progress and healing in order to move on
Repairing oneself was never an easy or linear process
Or so that has been drilled upon repeatedly by other people
An annoyingly true piece of realistic advice as it turns out
Haven't folded at all from this latest mini detour
Just a little bit of rubbernecking before getting back to the trip
The task at hand before continuing on my merry way
Taking a leisurely Sunday drive along a back road
Suddenly a shiny and bright flash whizzed by my left eye
Took a second for it to register what it was
Realized that it was a very distinct sky blue early model sedan
One that took me back to the last car my former flame drove
Over the course of our two year run found them in multiple versions
Of the same tired scenario: a clunker on the way to the junkyard
Represented the fact that they were never stable enough
For anything with any amount of reliability to be had
That idea was just a hustle perpetuated to be the scam going
In reality, just a random car that could have been driven by anybody
An ordinary generic model seen on the road by John and Jane Doe
Behind the wheel going to where the day wanted to take them
Nothing extraordinary about that or anything to analyze
Working to take the stigma out of things that caused potential flashbacks
Served no purpose; simply didn't matter anymore anyways
That chapter was already written and locked up in the vault
Buried away under mothballs and obscurity
Time to keep it there for good and write the next one
Will be a better story all around in the end.