The Ward General Store by Richard Saxon
One day,
in another life perhaps,
one in which I don’t feel
the need to change the world
or spend so much time by myself,
I would like to drive along
a dirt road to the general store
to stock-up on supplies
and collect the mail–
and in the red dust of
a late afternoon sun,
stand with one foot on
the running board of my truck
reading a letter that says
you will be arriving soon.
-Bison Jack
on arriving to the general store
to stock-up on supplies
and collect the mail
I stand reading the letter that says–
perhaps don’t feel the need
to spend so much time in another life
one foot
running
board
of my or
which one will be
by myself
One day, soon
I would like to drive along a dirt road in the red dust
of a late afternoon sun,
in a truck
and change the world
with you
Five lines speaking to how the mind gets in the way of a heart open to love.