THE CAB RIDE

That night in the cab
It was dark and late
I was drunk and drab

End of the night date
left me all alone, a stab
that night in the cab

My heart bled
I felt betrayed, alone
Why had he fled?

My makeup off, hair blown
that night in the cab
I can only bemoan

My fate, my baggage
I drag it behind me, so wrong
Driver became savage

That night in the cab
A beast awakened
He did not caress, but grab

I felt abandoned
me and my mysterious ride
that night in the cab

That night in the cab
I grew up fast
and was left feeling sad

At my back door, past
curfews and sanity
Nightmare memories of the night in the cab…..

© Diane Morinich