Do you look forward

Do you look forward

When you travel

Do you look back at where you

Have been?

On a bus or a train?

You have little choice on a plane.

In America, in the movies

They look at each other

When driving

Talking and remonstrating

Rarely do they look straight ahead

In England, you would be dead

Before you got out

Of your drive

It is worse than talking on the phone

And it will end in tears

The crunching of the gears

The squeal of brakes

A change in the tempo of the music

Is all it takes

To know the worst is going to happen.

Do you like to see what is to come

Or look back at what was done

Does it have to be

One thing or the other?

Seating arrangements

Could be more inter-changeable

Less fixated on maximising space

And more inter-connected

Commuting as an immersive experience

Transport as a little

Less transient

More transcendental

Freestyle living

For the discerning traveller

With a virtual dimension.

As the miles go by

Sensing one's direction

Is an essential

Lifestyle choice

To know where you come from

To know where you go

What you might need on the journey

Who you might wish to meet

What you might want to find

What you have left behind

When all that you carry

Is the weight of your heart

And the gift

Is the love you receive

On arrival

And when you depart.