m&m

I.
time moves backwards today
as we race the sun across the u.s.a.
i lost my window seat, now i miss the views of the vast open sea
but i can imagine the beauty of it’s splendor
made pale from distance

II
when i let my mind get away from me i envision the worst case scenario
like a mid-air collision or a terrorist invasion or the rapid decent into the pacific
i try to figure out how i would react, if i would survive
would i be a hero or would i run and hide?

III
boredom drapes over my shoulder like the barbed wire necklace of the imprisoned
there is no place to go but where the pilot takes me
i am at his mercy, he at my service- for a lofty fee
but i wish he would pick up speed
because we have three more hours to rewind

i wish i didn’t believe in time
only moments and music
only moments and music.