Roadside

Beige.
My years are smoking.
Future days are hazy, choking
On the lifeless flames.
I'm a hitchhiking lover
Trapped forever on these fading highways.

When you said you loved me,
You forgot to mention
It was only for a season,
Only till the clouds crept in,
The rest stop closed.
It wasn't really love at all,
But just another bright 
Roadside attraction,
Just another pretty boy
Who made you feel alive,
Exciting,
Something.

I know you didn't mean to lie.
The words seemed right
As you undressed,
Before the tears,
Protests.
You had no choice,
Intentionally useless.

Beige.
I leave the bodies where they lay.
I pray this jagged concrete
Leads some place
Some day.

- 6/27/25

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