800 Miles

800 miles
2 tanks of gas
4,000 shifts in a seat
to ease the cramps
1,000,000 thoughts racing
through empty head
each and every one
importantly ignored

3 birds dodged
and one coyote
who didn’t
quite make it

a long days drive
to lay it all on the line
and hold nothing back
in the vineyard

800 miles to meet new people
some who traveled farther
real people
genuine people
who also laid it all on the line
and held nothing back

their moments were SIEZED!
verses floated on soft spring breezes
while wine flowed with relative ease
they left the stage in a
smoking ruin
as each person performed
their works of a lifetime
and left us wanting more!

800 miles
2 tanks of gas
the trip back seemed to
take no time at all with
a million new memories to treasure
and friends to share them with