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Take the Wheel
And of course the blame was on me,
Like all other past encounters
Your crying fails to grab the attention of
a room full of those you love
Anticipating the fall
We whisper around eachother, making certain
Never to let it reach as far
As the open ear awaiting the okay
to form an opinion based on
What we all wanted to hear
I stopped listening, only long enough
To see all eyes focused on me
The mediator has failed to show concern
and backseat-drivers take the wheel
And realize they can't drive
Never stopping to ask for direction,
The little red light still flashes bright
Seatbelts never did give much support, if anything
a safety to fall back on, maybe
How safe do you feel now?
I really like this, very clever and an awesome use of metaphors. I have the imagery of crashing cars when i read it.
Favourite lines...
"I stopped listening, only long enough
To see all eyes focused on me
The mediator has failed to show concern
and backseat-drivers take the wheel
And realize they can't drive"