Sunday, June 5, 2011

Checkpoint

I slow my car
Long line ahead
What’s going on?
I’m filled with dread

When it’s my turn
I answer to
The signals of
The man in blue

Asks for ID
Looks through the glass
Finds nothing wrong
Today I pass

As I pull out
My mind takes hold
Of Stories Mom
Too often told

A darker time
Another place
Checkpoints that my
Forebears did face

I drive away
Filled with sorrow
Seat belts today
What tomorrow?

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