The Long Road Poem by Janice M Pickett

That solid straight line
always reliable and ready
to take the pounding of life
The track is far from smooth
So many rough spots along the way
But still the road does not bend

People ride on it daily
people walk all over it
they even say it should change
relay the surface or change direction
but the road remains Straight and true

Always there
Always available
Always ready to be walked on
ridden on and kicked as the
feet of so many march across her

She will remain this way
regardless of what they say
for she is solid and will not bend
she is there for what she is
on the straight and narrow.

no matter how they treat her
she will always be the path they travel
the road they take
and the track they will complain about