Poetry: Open Roads and Roadblocks from Matthew McGuirk

Open Roads and Roadblocks
originally published in print with Spellbinder Magazine

Sun streaking a face full of melody,
hair dancing to the music of the wind and
sunglasses reflecting mirrors
on this brush-stroked morning.
Her hands playing the strings on my battered blue jeans and
our bodies clicking and jazzing along
with the weaving back road. 
 
We had so many memories carved into dirt penciled trails like these:
quick yanks of the wheel because I looked too long,
a kiss lingering at five over
and wondering where the next station was 
but not caring enough to google it.
 
Slam the brakes!
Shake up uncertainty!
There it sat.
The line stopped.
The road block
taking our momentum.
The wind taken out of her hair
and
no place to go,
just time to wait
with our memories
obstructed


Bio: Matt McGuirk teaches and lives with his wife and two daughters in New Hampshire. He was a BOTN 2021 nominee, is now a regular contributor at Fevers of the Mind and has poems and stories published in 50+ literary magazines with 100+ accepted pieces. His debut collection, Daydreams, Obsessions, Realities with Alien Buddha Press isavailable on Amazon, linked in the bio and also on his website.Follow him on Twitter: @McguirkMatthew and Instagram: @mcguirk_matthew. 

Website: http://linktr.ee/McGuirkMatthew Daydreams, Obsessions, Realities: https://www.amazon.com/Daydreams-Obsessions-Realities-hybrid-collection/dp/B09M5KY8HH/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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