My Song to the Open Road


Just give me roads and fuel to go,
five hours to ride and take it slow,
with weather willing all the way.
I'm moving on from yesterday.

I'll take in new exciting sights
through countrysides and city lights
and breathe the freedom of the air
and never look back with despair.

Forget the maps and tourist traps.
I'm going where my heart will drive.
I'm putting miles on my mind,
and I'm feeling so alive.


Sometimes I find I'm getting lost.
I reach a toll bridge, pay the cost.
And other times, I'm anywhere,
and that's just fine. I take the dare.

Sometimes I like to stop and stare
at all the earth and be aware
of all the glories we fly by
and all the beauties of the sky.

Forget directions, time, and place.
I'm going where my heart will race.
I'm putting miles on my mind,
and I'm feeling so alive.


Open road, help me revive.
Destinations will arrive.

Just get in.
Lets' take a drive.

Destination:
be alive.




My Song to the Open Road © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.

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Freedom of the Open Road prompt challenge - link: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2773282-Freedom-of-The-Open-Road

My poem is partly inspired by Walt Whitman's Song of the Open Road:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48859/song-of-the-open-road
Submitted: February 27, 2021









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