Back Road

I've seen the desert in Wyoming. I've walked the concrete roads through cities I don't care to ever visit again. I've been homesick and sick of home but the middle ground, the medicine to cure all types of hurt and sickness is the back roads leading home. Most drivers never give the roads they travel a second thought but to me the back roads are more than an asphalt slab, they are the solution to every problem, the reason to pay the high price of gas. There is no better place to listen to a new c.d. or talk with a friend. One could go crazy fretting over the complications in life, the trouble in the Middle East, the people dying in third world countries, the economy failing, but the best remedy is simplicity and for me that is where the connection to the country is linked. It is the answer to every question. "Where to go on a Saturday Night?" How to get to your destination the quickest? Where to get away?" The worst and best moments of my life happened on a back road; My first wreck, my first kiss, the first time I heard my song on the radio and the moment that lead me to this revelation. It might seem crazy to some, but we are all on some road of life, some are flying down the highway with no regard for the consequence of living in the fast lane, whether the path be narrow or wide. I choose to live my life, easy, slow and enjoy the ride on the back road.