Nowhere Roads Surrendered to Nature
City lights fading in the rear-view mirror
Black highways snaking into the desert
Each tendril has a timeless story
Some a route to somewhere
Most a connection to nowhere
Cars passing and speeding forward
Traffic thinning and then fading away
Each driver carries their own story
Stories of adventure, hope, and survival
The road leaves little for imagination
Long empty hours waiting in the night
White lines passing but never pausing
Magical moon and stars overhead
Quiet thunder fading in the distance
One by one the city sounds disappear
Until nothing becomes truly nothing
Only the sounds of silence and darkness
The road narrows and becomes lighter
Grey concrete fades to black
Asphalt gives way to hard packed earth
Shifting sands and the dust of eternity
Nowhere roads surrendered to nature
Questions & Answers
© 2019 Ralph Schwartz
Comments
Thank you for the wonderful poetic trip down the road,
So true, roads are a different journey for each one of us.
But in the end they all lead to the same dark, quiet, and lonely path we all seem to take.
I love the ending especially because nowhere ends up being the most peaceful place of all.
I liked how this poem took me on a journey full of lots of different stories, eventually returning to nature. Great writing.
Awesome, Ralph. Simply wonderful! Peace, Paula
Very nicely done, Ralph. It reminds me of a road to the bayou of my childhood.
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