Driver's Sacrament - Max Reif

[Larry Robinson]

Driver's Sacrament

The ancient Romans
built shrines at crossroads,
and then the life
and death of Jesus
further layered
the archetype of the cross.

We continue to approach
Intersections in
a special way
as we drive,
observing a moment
of awareness,
acknowledging 
a common Center,
coming to a stop
and quietly determining
as one mind
the order of going forth.

Once in awhile, a driver 
refuses this ritual,
but mostly we join
brothers and sisters at the wheel,
and there’s an authority to
the way everyone knows
how we should move on.

This is the way
we need to live

	- Max Reif
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