Thoughts On My Drive
Free verse poetry
Published in
Jan 20, 2021
somewhere behind me
beside me
passing by me
someone
is holding tight
to their god-given
right
not to re-humanize
they are thinking right
now how angry
something that won’t
ever touch them
makes them
like being mad
at a robin
for its arrival
in spring
how rude,
its ruddy breast
how unthinkable,
its turquoise eggs
on nest
they will separate
they will stay hateful
they will show force
they will pay no mind
to what I deem
educational
a belief so tight
a vice
a snapped guitar
string, how anger
slices what’s right
a child, fingers
in ears, displays
of defiance
to even consider
the thoughts of
people in cars
having thoughts
right beside them
behind them
passing by them.
Samantha Lazar 2021
