Where To?

Where To?

I walked out of my room today
It was early in the morning
I decided that today
I would play it by ear.

Instead of planning
I just walked out of my room
Instead of waiting
I strode to the road.

I flagged down a truck
and asked for a ride
"Where to?" He asked.
I smiled and said, "Yes."

We rode together
and he told me his tale
I told him mine
and we shook hands.

He dropped me off
somewhere I don't know
I should feel nervous, afraid,
yet all I really felt was free.

I begged for a meal
at the local corner store
and they too told me a tale
each person adding a flavor

I drank their stories
and told them mine
It was the story of me
and the man in the truck

and, then, it was their story too.
After I ate, I thanked them
and walked into the sunset
happy that life was still here.

In the morning, I woke up
and looked at my room.
I could stay here
and know my tale

Tell it to others,
as they might know
the truth behind it all
and divulge it to me.

But, I smiled,
and walked out my door
because I knew the truth
did not lie there.

I flagged down a trucker
to ask him for a ride,
and we rode off again
to our conclusion.