Oddity - Miranda Lee Richards

Drivin' fast along the icy road

And the snow has just fallen

Actually it’s still falling

It never seems to stop

I look over my shoulder and make a circle through the rear window

So I can see

We’re in a fish eye traveling backwards

And nothing seems to mean anything

I marvel at all the trees without leaves

Standing naked in the snow

Like they’ve lost something, too

Like houses without roofs

And there’s a fire in the city just before we arrive

The anticipation of my landing has left me perpetually awake

As we approach the gate, I’m nervous

As though I’m tempting fate

Now that we’re inside a calm takes over me and I begin to wonder where you

might be

I am wondering all sorts of things, these days

Like I’m getting permission from you to do what I know I need to

To finish what I start

Write it all down

These un-spoken words from my heart