Back Seat Gridlock

One may be drunk with love without being any nearer to finding his mate. - Thoreau

She was riding shotgun.

I was driving.

She told me to take the freeway.

I took the backroad.

She insisted, "Take the next left."

I took a right.

Last thing she said was, "When you leave, don't forget to turn out the light."

Decree indicated, "Irreconcilable Differences."

Restraining order stressed, "Always maintain proper distances ..."

Author's Note

"If common sense had been consulted, how many marriages would never have taken place; if uncommon or divine sense, how few marriages such as we witness would ever have taken place!" - Thoreau

Reviews

[Moonie]

Despite of all the despicable sorrow we suffer at the hands of those we kinda-sorta-love, I think all those irrational, imperfect relationships are just as important as that rational, perfect relationship that we so feverishly chase all our lives.
Good poem, quite relatable!

[Pete]

i concur. there is no perfection. the imperfections are key. intimacy is about letting that special one into our weird little world and them letting us into their's. think how boringly dreadful it would be if we were all perfect. the imperfections make us unique and attractive for real. thank you for sharing thoughts ... :)

[sette]

whoa speaks about the easiest and simplest reason for divorce luckily in my country it is still not enacted as a law but with the same meaning to a ground in annulment which is psychological incapacity oh how words can make it different but with the same meaning..

[Pete]

thank you for sharing. hoping your automobile trips don't turn out this way ... :)