Please take the wheel
Choose the road
Take this body to some unknown place
Take the risk
Of going in the other lane
When it’s occupied
By another, larger vehicle
Touch the gas pedal
Choose our speed
Fast through life
Slow past trees
Decide the destination
Take the weight of living
From me
Carry me over the bridge with you
Lifeless in your arms
Carry me across the street
From one day to the next
I tire
Of turning the wheel alone
Avoiding steep curves
Getting to the next known destination
I will close my eyes
I hope not to wake
Again
To swerving sadness
To the possibility
That you will fall asleep
The we will lose control
I will give control
Take the wheel
Make the choice
Avoiding cliffs
Avoiding curves
Make it safely home
With wind blowing through the window
With darkness surrounding
With peace inside
While there’s chaos outside
And you hold the stillness at ten and two
Take the wheel
I tire.