roadtrip – The Poetic Life 2.0

Daily writing prompt

What’s your #1 priority tomorrow?

We all know those days ~ the ones that shove our schedules epically into the bin,
They’re the ones that shake up our lives in ways we can find rather annoying,
For even when we know in advance of them happening we still can struggle within,
To integrate them seamlessly into our preferred flow of our lifestyles undertow,
Long before even an element of their preparation can remotely be pondered to begin…

Yet try as we might days that throw us off course deter the mundane from stagnating,
Like long awaited road trips that take all day with children trying not to be challenging in the car,
Can have moments ones mind can find rather inspiring even if ’tis only noticed later when contemplating,
How one’s evolved through their handling of chatter and the hum of rubber to roads soon afar,
Despite todo lists screaming in the back of ones mind the whole time of what they’ve at home awaiting lucubrating.

Despite all our known tools and how much we try to apply to take moment by moment,
Surrendering to challenges can be mentally impossible despite seeming a helpless component,
If one cannot turn off their mind to what still awaits their attention when returning to said opponent,
They could miss experiencing what may lie in wait to enhance their entire life within this particular segment,
Leaving them to flail alongside with merely a snippet of potential via a much lighter fragment.

Thus casting one’s unfinished tasks aside when off on an adventure ’tis paramount,
For one to fully align to what their journey is to bless their development with,
Knowing that the divine shall allow tasks completion when they’re supposed to surmount,
As having completed every single possible task before leaving so to clear ones mind is a myth,
As one’s mind can always find an element to replace what’s done often once ones en route…

Adjourn through here for a supported moment to clear your mind further

Rubber to red sand whilst the sun’s just awake,
Summertime memories for children ’tis time to make,
Thousands of kilometres of bitumen lies further ahead,
Lacking phone reception creates an element to dread…

Yet once the wildlife adjourns to sleep for the day,
Only holes in the road and whining stands in your way,
For going anywhere from the outback ’tis an endurance task,
Despite the fun road trip element it is not something for the faint hearts.

Wheel turn by wheel turn passing only one or two others,
One may soon realise six hours have gone by in a blur,
You start questioning your sanity in deciding to undertake such a trip,
Though the reasons in their excited smiles give you a conclusion to concur…

Destination after destination filled with family/friends and fun,
A giant cow, extremely oversized fruit, and a golden guitar,
Winding by rivers along backroad’s albeit by accident,
Can make a bush to beach and back road trip more interesting by far!

Though there’s always an element of when wheels return to bull dust,
That makes coming home such a bittersweet delight,
Reducing future adventures plans to the back of one’s mind to lust,
As storm’s roll through rinsing them away from one’s conscious plans sight.

Tag: roadtrip

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