Driving Between Lives…

For two-point-five days
I still live in the world of work

Driving in the mornings to
morning radio news and views

Listening not for bon mots
to repeat and seem wise

I am ready to engage with the world
of money, power and office politics

I do though, love a good debate
armed with the latest  news prompts

Driving home I am immersed
in music snatched from the TV by an app

Songs of life and love and death
wash away work except for the human bits

Softened by music I anticipate
my partner’s day, hoping for the best…

© Andrew Wilson, 2023
Responding to merrildsmith in Poetics over at the dVerse Poets Pub prompting on the theme of transitions.

14 thoughts on “Driving Between Lives…

  • August 16, 2023 at 8:50 am
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    There is so much unsaid in this, but I do think that both of you go through very challenging changes… it feels like a lot of pressure.

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    • August 16, 2023 at 11:32 am
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      Sometimes it’s what you leave out that speaks loudest – thanks Bjorn

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    • August 16, 2023 at 8:53 pm
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      Those drives to work and back can be so contrasting. I like the description of those “human bits”, the only thing from our day worth saving sometimes. The ending adds another layer….

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      • August 17, 2023 at 5:42 am
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        Yes, my partner is not so interested in the work itself but I can share the human bits… Thanks for visiting!

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  • August 16, 2023 at 10:12 am
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    Oh, those commutes are definitely a time of transition. Time to anticipate and time to reflect.
    Thank you for sharing and writing to the prompt!

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    • August 16, 2023 at 11:33 am
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      Thanks Merril, I enjoyed that one…

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  • August 16, 2023 at 12:09 pm
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    Yes, always anticipating ones partner’s day, and hoping …

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    • August 16, 2023 at 1:50 pm
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      Thanks Misky…

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  • August 16, 2023 at 2:04 pm
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    interesting how we spend our lives emersed in two completely different worlds! Very well done!

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  • August 16, 2023 at 2:35 pm
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    Thanks Dwight – I will be over to yours but I am in the middle of my 2.5 days…

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  • August 17, 2023 at 1:34 am
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    I work too so I can relate and hope for the best for my partner, who is also at work. We both strive to make our marriage and family and our jobs, all work harmoniously. Your ending is open-ended, but I am an optimist and hope all is well.

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    • August 17, 2023 at 5:37 am
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      Thanks Grace – she is struggling since retiring – too much time for the past to surface but hopefully turning a corner…

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  • August 18, 2023 at 3:30 pm
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    I really, really like how you ended this one, Andrew… it’s very sweet and personal…

    Much love,
    David

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