If Life Were A Roadtrip

If life were a road trip

I would always have the windows rolled down.

I would grow my hair out

So that it could blow in my face

And I would turn my playlist up LOUD

Because every journey

Needs a good f*****g soundtrack.

 

If life were a road trip

I’d drive slowly

So that the passing sights do not blur together,

But stand vivid in my path.

I am not the first,

Or the last to see them.

But I do not want to miss them,

All the same.

 

If life were a road trip

I would scream as loud as I could

On every empty country road

I would scream my name

Or maybe yours.

No one's listening anyway.

 

If life were a road trip

It would go by all too fast,

Turn to memories all too quickly,

And turn the last corner

all too soon.

It would tease me with its promise of destination

Beckon me “just a little bit farther”

And only when I use up my last  bit of gas

Will it tell me

That this was a one way ticket

And getting there was the fun part

 

If life were a road trip

I'd look out the window

Even when it looks like there's nothing to see.

I'd stop and ask for directions

When I get lost

Or maybe sometimes I'd just drive on.

 

If life were a road trip

I'd never ask where I'm going

Or worry that I'm going to be late.

I'd take the scenic route

Every f*****g time

Because life is too short to get there too fast.

 

If life were a road trip

I'd wake up every morning

ready to drive,

And I'd go to sleep every night

In love with the road.

I'd smile in the sun,

and grin in the rain.

And I'd never stop laughing

Because life is funny that way.

 

Reviews

[Lucien Maier]

nice comparison, The Road to life. in the end showing you life philosophy quite well.
Nicely expressed.

[Michael of Gilead]

i felt a contradictory message here, a love/hate feel for the trip

[Hannah Paige]

i think more than love/hate, it's a love for the trip and a sort of nostalgic regret towards its ending.

[Michael of Gilead]

ok, i see...but still it seems "during" the trip, but maybe thats just my reading of it ;)

[afra]

wow ...very different but awesome ....well done ....hope to see more

[Norma M Sutton]

Love this. Life IS a roadtrip and if we don't slow down and enjoy it we will die never knowing.

[Dayran]

If life is a road trip it may appear like it only makes sense to the traveller. But then I'm sure she'll continue traveling because life has purpose that way.