Life Is A Highway
Gouache on paper, A4
I go up. I go down.
A two way road but Only one way.
I can’t turn around. And she’s up ahead.
I speed up. How I wish she’d leave.
Glancing back, I see, She is nearing me!
the only way to go is Up ahead!
faster! Doom is approaching.
I can’t stop. Oh, please stop!
Through the windshield, I see headlights flashing.
I catch sight of her eyes. Panic flickered.
I squeezed my eyes shut. I can’t see past the fear.
A resounding crash! A boom!
I am skidding. I am tumbling.
My heart is stumbling, Head over heels,
falling. and falling.
Then I was speeding away, I couldn’t stop.
zooming faster and faster, Then she’s far away.
I swiftly glance back, In the wreckage,
there’s a part of me left behind.
wishing I could turn back time. Irreversible.
Alas, the moment have passed. Inevitable.
I look away From the mess,
and continued on. boldly rising again.
I go down. I go up.
A two way road but Only one way.
I can’t forget. The pain I suffered,
I can only go on. it is, after all, not insufferable.
I will always remember This incident,
the mistakes I made. will not be repeated.
Life is A highway,
wrong has right,
and right. has wrong.
There is nothing left behind. There is nothing right ahead.
I cannot turn back. I can only venture forth.
Fun fact: This is a twincinema, a type of poem that can be read each section alone, or all at once when they are placed side by side.
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