American Road Trip

There is not a lot to do in a car
Traveling down America’s highways.
Though the distance to go is very far,
We wish we could skip these tedious days
Of watching endless fields of golden grain
Go by outside the passenger window.
There’s never going to be a refrain
To the tick of the monotonous show.
I turn the dial looking for music
That can turn this boring day exciting,
But the stations I can find are tragic
Because it is only Christians talking.
I think I am about to lose my grip
As I continue on this long road trip.

Ode to My Quarantine Friend

What do we do with hands that are idle
In a town that has closed down for the day?
I look for an idea whose title
Will encourage a desire to play,
But my choices are now regulated
To all that’s been experienced before.
I have seen this and it now feels dated
Even though, in the past, it would adore
Me with its shiny, new plastic touch screen.
I would touch all its colorful buttons
To take me places I’d never been,
Living the lifestyle of tech gluttons.
This toy no longer allows me to feel,
And I long for a time when things were real.