Shouldn't…but Do

Driving along, singing a song, button punching on the FM dial.

Life in the fast lane – life once lived.  Friends, interests, pleasures pursued, laughter, so much laughter.  The so-trivial pursuit of falling in and out of love – who is with who – and oh, that was last week.  Restaurants, champagne, night drives in the desert, moonlight, star bright, ocean deep – so much.

Struggling to keep up – a mirror – it never occurs.  Flashing school bus lights, battles over custody rights.  Friends – let that go too, what was then is not now.  The so-trivial pursuit of escape from matrimony.  Coupons, cold sweat at the cash register – too little of too much.

Funny how an old song – tune, words, time – gives back so much more than memory.