Images



Photo by Mark W. Laughlin

Turning, switching back and forth.

Driving from Dehradun to Mussoorie,

in the foothills of the Himalayas. 

India, as always, is a hectic bustle. 

As we drive, as always, I pass cool images,

a million per mile.  Mountains, clouds, monkeys.

If only, if only, I had the time to stop, get out,

and walk.  Maybe I could capture more,

more faces, more colors, more scenes of people,

people moving, moving, always forward. 

As I ride, my head is on a swivel,

quickly looking this way and that,

afraid to blink, afraid of what I might miss. 

A million per mile.  That’s how many

wonderful images, uncaptured,

flash by me as we go. 

Time, time is the thing. 

Oh, if only I could

slow down,

and catch

those

images... 

-m

Mussoorie,

16-July-2016

Photo by Mark W. Laughlin