The Road Ahead
BY BRANDI HART
“To Know the Road Ahead,
Ask Those Who Are Returning.”
(Fortune cookie from Tasty Garden Restaurant, 2009)
When we had just moved to northeast Ohio
From Colorado 5 years ago,
Mom pointed-out that the main highway
North from here to Cleveland
Was Highway 77.
Double-lucky, she said.
She and I together, I thought,
We were double-lucky.
Coming across this fortune again,
Made me think
Maybe I’ll walk down to the off-ramp,
Just 2 miles from home,
Flag down some disgruntled drivers,
Tired from their long commutes,
And ask.
After all,
One day I will travel their road.
One day,
A traveler, still asking.
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