Driving in a northwesterly direction on I-5 at 7:30 a.m.

Submitted by Neil McKay on February 4, 2012

This morning the sun
in my rear view mirror
like a motorcycle's high beam
drew my eyes from the road ahead
again and again.

Marshall McLuhan said the rear view mirror
was not for looking at what you have left behind,
but what is coming up on you.

Comments

Neil McKay

February 4, 2012

I was going to elaborate more but the more I wrote the less it was a poem and the more it became an essay.

Jennifer Dixey

February 4, 2012

... comparing the sun to a motorcycle's high beam, the mismatch in scale is jarring & interesting.