Shotgun Rider

Ill in the Philipines

Sleep did not come as I searched 

To find a functional consciousness.

The grim reaper seemed to be near.

Thoughts raced, then slipped from

my mind, yet I find safe harbor

on the ride looking for an escape.

It's not a safe haven

When you ride Shotgun

for the grim reaper

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

hi willard i really enjoyed this write, concise, clever, reflective, and somewhat comical in the last stanza because it would not be safe.

[Willard Wells]

Good, we agree, not safe. Hahaha One of those works that had its own journey. But there's an ugly story behind this of me sick with a fever on an island in Southeast Asia, a few weeks ago. The Philippines for a month. Got back mid-July.

Thanks for the visit and listening to my ramblings.

[andrew mitchell]

hope you get well soon

[Willard Wells]

I am fine now. I was sick while I was there for about a week.