Backwards Drive

Have you ever tried to drive…

With your back to the steering wheel?

Do you think you would survive?

Or would “driving blind” get you killed?

 

With your knees awkwardly

Pointing to the backseat

Reaching for the brake and gas pedals

Using the heels of your feet

 

Twisted arms gripping

For the roar of the ignition

The start of a mission

That will surely end in collision

 

Trying to move forward

With the back window as your only view

Navigating northward

Stuck at every corner- Not knowing what to do

 

Not seeing

That you are hitting

Everyone and everything

Standing in your way

Not realizing the damage… until it’s done

And all of your passengers pray to be saved

 

Every sign missed

All of the lights ignored

Causing other drivers to swerve

To avoid the destruction you’re headed for

 

This is a crazy way to drive

It’s also a crazy way to live one’s life

Not able to see positivity

Only focusing on your pain and strife

 

Driving backwards through this world

Is a great way of dying fast

How can you push to a brighter future

If all you see is the darkness of the past?

 

Author's Note

rough draft...

Reviews

[Westminster Abbey]

I love this. It really captures how hard it is to move into the future while you're still stuck in the past. I think it's pretty relatable (not the literal version, I think that's impossible) and seems like if more people read this, it would have a huge impact on their lives. Keep writing.

[Sirius King]

thanx for reading! :-)

[SHEEMA HUQ]

what a well put together poetic appraisal....nice work...and you're using a clockface image like my 'within two hours' poem...very eye catching I find

[Sirius King]

thanx for checking it out :-)

[Baby Ricochet]

Oh that clock is all fucked up. I want to get a car from England, a car from America, take the drivers doors off, weld the cars together then drive them at the same time. That would be just like this poem. Awesome!

[Sirius King]

LOL thanx man

[Harley (arbiter)]

That was pretty cool, true, and well written. I enjoyed it alot

[Sirius King]

thanx!! :-)