Walk On By Alyssa Trivett

Start the caffeine engine.
Read the daily bible verse,
spritz out the door.
Nothing to see here but the rain,
in the words of Matt Skiba.
A bit of brightness finally
pours through blinds today.
I let it in.
Morning fresh air.
My key clicks and clacks
like railroad tracks switching.
Before kickstarting the boxcar,
I look in the rear view mirror,
there are two glass shards still imprinted in my forehead from the accident.
Walk on.
Keep your eyes fixed on the new sunrise.
Sunlight hits the dash,
and today is a new day,
welcome it.

Alyssa Trivett is a wandering soul from the Midwest. When not working two jobs, she chirps down coffee while scrawling lines. Her work has appeared in many places, but most recently at Ex Ex Lit, and Duane's PoeTree