Endless Rhyme

the longest poem I have ever wrote and I am proud of it :] .....


Don’t even think this is going to rhyme
Since I seem to have lost my capabilities
Of rhyming after every line
But that’s not the point of this
The point of this is for it to be endless
Or better yet seem endless
Isn’t that what the world does already
Disguise things to be something else
This is a regular free write
Disguised as an endless rhyme
It lacks a rhyme scheme
But contains a story
Or a chapter of a story
Out of my own personal book
It begins with me at this road in my life
Beginning to further my education
But before then a few pit stops are made
One included a person I admired for so long
Finally confessing their admiration of me
They climbed in the passenger seat
And we drove for 2 weeks straight on this road
Then before I knew it
I was dropping them off at an unknown rest area
But I still continued on my journey
Only to end up at another pit stop
Where my unlikely companion resided
They too climbed into my passenger seat
And boy was that next month a bumpy ride
The road began to posses so many twists and turns
I lost control of the vehicle
And my companion slipped out
And again I didn’t let that keep me from getting to my destination
My car was running out of fuel
So I had to make a stop at a rest area
There I ran into one of my past companions
They managed to fool me
And again they were my passenger
But after 3 days their lies caught up with them
And I was again driving alone
Until I came across what I thought to be a mirage
Turned out it was another passenger
Maybe more of a backseat driver
Because they never helped me with directions
I ended up lost and stranded
And they had disappeared
As if picking up one of my past companions
Wasn’t bad enough
I allowed another to sweet talk me
Into allowing them into my passenger seat
That whole week of driving
Felt like I was on an emotional rollercoaster
The year was coming to an end
And I refused to continue on this sickening ride
I failed to see the sign
Of me spending new year’s eve
With my companion from the beginning
Which would explain why I drove off
Alone first thing in the morning
I drove into a new year
With no worries and no thoughts of the past
Then as if I had been driving in a circle
I ran back into that back seat driver
Full of apologies and excuses
It was a mirage
But I failed to see that
Until I again I ended up lost
Except this time
I found a new map
It took me a while
To actually understand this map
But once the map let me understand it
I figured it was going to be my last companion
But then my first passenger came about
And caused me to question
The direction that map was leading me
Until a road block appeared
And gave me the knowledge
About my first companion
And led me back to the map
Now with this map
I saw myself using it for well a lifetime
Until I spotted a hole in the map
It was a missing piece to the map
Leading me on a search
To find what was missing from this map
Only to discover that the missing piece
Revealed who the map really was
So I decided to rip the map up
And toss it out the window
As I continued on towards
The ending of my destination
I spotted an old friend
And decided to pick them up
They rode with me
For the rest of the ride
Providing helpful advice
And great directions
I ended up at my destination with a smile
And now I’m driving on to my next one
With the old friend in the passenger side……….


- Authentic Jay