#verselove - 15: Snaking it

 For the month of April, I am participating in 30 days of #verselove poetry writing with Dr. Sarah J. Donovan's Ethical ELA. 

Today's poetry inspiration was about writing a strong title for a poem, and was offered by Stefanie Boutelier.

The poem I wrote is on the 'lighter' side (after writing a couple intense ones in recent days). I have three ideas for titles: 

This I Have Not Missed

It Snakes Up On You

I’ve Been Down This Road Before

Here's the poem I wrote, as we made our way through traffic - 

snaking our way down the interstate 
weaving stop start slink slither 

traffic stretches out languidly then

abruptly coils in tight blind curves  

heavy-bodied highway slowing to a crawl
periods of only subtle movement

serpentine locomotion, my spine bends 

averse to being so entwined

were the roads first to protest 
the pandemic, it’s insistence on lying low? 

I’ve lost my traffic muscle, limbless, soft

what lurks in the many miles ahead? 

may these be the only snakes encountered 
this weekend in the woods