Drive On

You are not invisible.
I saw you put your hand out for my love.
It’s not as though I can’t see the sign
That tells me you are miserable.
But now the light is changing;
As much as we might need each other
I’m going to take my foot off the brake
And drive on.

There's a necklace on my mirror.
It's been there since you left.
A pretty thing someone should wear,
Because every time I see it-
Every time I look up there -
I'm leaving a child behind.

I’m sorry for holding back
All that is due one who has gone to hell
For me and back, but it’s about time
For me to get moving, time to get back
To what I’m always doing;
Although I know you called me Brother
I’m going to turn my head the other way
And drive on.

There's a necklace on my mirror.
It's been there since you left.
Adornment some soul should wear,
Because every time I see it-
Every time I look up there -
I'm leaving my life behind.

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My son, do not lose sight of these—
keep sound wisdom and discretion,
and they will be life for your soul
and adornment for your neck.

(Proverbs 3:21-22 ESV)

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in your power to do it.

Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,
tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.

(Proverbs 3:27-28 ESV)

- For our Jordan in Beirut