On Those Roads

On those roads
those endless roads
warehouses and factories
on those roads
white lines leading
down those roads,
lives living dreams
along those roads,
me a pinpoint moving
on those roads
breathe deeply and find peace
pain
you think blood pools
in pans?
wrong
light skewers hope
bright
wrong
you think the world works
as an oiled mechanism?
no
it's a ramshackle jalopy
puffing smoke
leaking oil
love bleeds
on those roads
those endless roads.