LETTING GO OF ROUTE 66 by Sharon Grau

Letting Go of Route 66

by Sharon Grau

I want to drive
all the way
through
Rt. 66-

In all of our
faithful
chaos
and romantic
unpredictability,

Like a discarded bouquet
of aging
roses,

I want to
breathe again,
across
the boundary lines-

Through the desert
of poems
I’ll never share,
and the bleeding words
we’ll never speak,

What I really want to do
is lie
underneath the
ancient stars,
where all of us
were made,

and just let go of Rt. 66,

in a complete surrender

to the
never ending
Sky.

Sharon Grau: I am a Licensed Massage Therapist who lives near the sea in Asbury Park, NJ. I grew up in the midland/central NJ area but in 2015, I made the choice to move closer to the Atlantic Ocean. Ever since I was a little girl I have been enchanted by the natural world; at the age of 12, I began trying to describe this enchantment through the world of words and art. My love for art and poetry continued into my college years where I took classes in painting, photography, and creative writing. Living near the ocean fuels my creativity and keeps me rooted in the earth’s elements. Many mornings, you will find me standing on the beach taking photos of the sun just as it breaks the horizon. It is during these sunrise moments that I truly feel the most present and illuminated in the beauty and mystery of being a human being.

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