Long Journey

    I do not like driving, but sometimes I have to go, and I just have to make the best of it.  I usually find the worrying about it is the worst part..


                    Waiting to start
                                the journey
                                      seemed to
                      be the worst part.
                                The questions
                                      in my mind
                      produced the
                                 worst possible
                                       scenarios.
                     Imagination did
                                  its best
                                        to frighten me.
                     After I
                                  got started,
                                         the humming
                      of the car's
                                  tires and the
                                          many colored
                       leaves on
                                   the trees brought
                                           calm enough to
                       help me
                                    enjoy what I
                                            had to do.