Traffic Jam

Honk! Honk! says the traffic

Stuck on the highway again

With Mom, Dad and baby brother

In our big red minivan

I close my eyes and daydream

Of flying over the cars below

But when my eyes open

I see bumper to bumper, row by row

Maybe we should have gotten tickets

For the fast commuter train

Or hopped on the RapidBus

And zoomed down the bus-only lane

Maybe we could have bicycled 

And pretended we were in a race

Or maybe put on our running shoes

And walked at a ginger pace

I wish we could escape this traffic

Where time is wasted so slow

Maybe we could even get a home that's closer

To where we always need to go?

The traffic finally breaks

The slowness comes to an end

But tomorrow we'll wake up

And do it all over again