Sunrise Sets.

Sunrise over the highway

As my eyes follow the telephone lines.

Clouds are breaking and

The sun is almost peeking

Past the leafless trees.

 

Dulled colors streak across the morning,

Iridescent blues and grays

Fill the sky inside my mind.

Oh, what a sight to see:

I can’t believe I'm the one

Who’s left you behind.

 

My hands on the wheel

Are your hands on my heart.

But my foot on the gas

Won’t stray back to the break.

I’m driving on the left

As life passes me by on the right.

The rearview, it’s begging me

But I already know what it is

That I’ve left behind…

 

The birds fly south to fly north first

There’s no one to turn to,

No sailors to warn:

There’s no blood in the sky,

Only tears in my eyes.

 

I should look back to see the sun rise

But all I can see is the look in your eyes

As I let your hand go and mumbled goodbye.

The mountains, they’re waiting,

The road, well it’s calling my name.

Looking ahead, the sunset of something sweet;

It’s the end of what love used to be.

Reviews

[Engulfed in Flames]

kudos....

[Travis Lawrence]

Vivid imagery, and good use of metaphor. This poem is like a funeral. Thanks for the review!

-Travis

[Poeticpiers]

there comes a time when you must move on which you so well describe in poeticprose