I sit in traffic gritting teeth
I feel the stress grow just beneath
It simmers like a coiling snake
One more crack and I might break
Each day I navigate the road
And drivers at my nerves do goad
They speed and swerve without a glance
Do I get signal lights? No chance! They cut you off without a care
Express frustration? Don’t you dare!
Though they’ve put you through the wringer
They laugh at you or give the finger
But they don’t know the wrath they spur
The rampage that begins to stir
On the outside I sit quiet
But inside there is soon a riot
I turn into a stone cold killah
I toss their truck like I’m Godzilla
Like Armageddon, breathing fire
Crushing metal, melting tires…
Oh wait, my light has just turned green
Advancing slow, I wake from dream
And realize that they’re the fool
To disregard the laws and rules
I’ll let them be, stay in my lane
‘Cause no one cares when I complain
I take deep breath and exhale slow
I’ll get to where I want to go
Like turning cheek, take other path
And try to hold in check my wrath
It’s best to dampen all this fury
To lack control brings on much worry
These feelings must go somewhere else
For fear that rage turns on oneself…