Fate
Original Poem by Justine Manzano
Fate smiled at me on a dusty road
And she drove right by me once again
I waited patiently
Stuck my thumb out for maybe the hundredth time.
The dust blew in my eyes and stung them
Until they burned with tears
I had been waiting
There on that road for longer than I could remember.
I didn’t want Fate to drive by again.
But this time the beautiful red car drove up
And slowed to a stop.
“Where to?” she asked, her voice silken.
I thought about my answer for a moment
I knew just how important this was.
“Anywhere But Here.”
I was happy to be escaping that dusty road.
She opened the car door for me.
I climbed in and we drove on for a while.
I looked her in the face.
She was ugly and decrepit and skin came off her face in layers.
She smiled at me with ugly teeth
And, horrified, I rushed to leave.
She locked the doors.
I knew I couldn’t get out and we headed down that straight road again.
Fate smiled at me on a dusty road
And she picked me up and we drove together.
I had waited all my life,
And I knew I was stuck with what I had chosen.
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