Turning Backwards

Turning Backwards

old man 

in the infant's car seat

straggling the road of life

with baby steps

drinking aged wine

by the bottle

trying to find something

in the vintage

to have made his life worthwhile

his recliner reclining like his motivation

movement is for others

he just wants to move his eyes

to the screen

and watch

reruns of shows telecast

when he was in his youth

when the road extended before him

now it is after him

and death is the drunk driver

ready to unplug his TV

as it skids over the goodbye

indicated

by his mapquest directions.

erin-cilberto

9/3/24 

Reviews

[emmajoygreen]

Sad, so sad! Why is it that 'true to life' is so heartbreaking, jacob?! How is it that fine poetry makes truth seem as near to a cherished gift as can be? How is it that -

' .. .. drinking aged wine
by the bottle
trying to find something
in the vintage
to have made his life worthwhile'

turns five lines into emphasis? You have a way of magnifying slow movement into a rousing symphony.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, em,
j.