Turning Back

Tried to get from A to B,
But didn’t quite succeed.
The odds were stacked against us
And no way could we proceed.

Roads were closed because of floods
And accidents shut others.
We would have continued,
If we only had our druthers.

But being in the car for hours
And crawling or worse, sitting,
Just melted our resolve and so
We had no choice but quitting.

We turned around, went back to A;
Gave up on reaching B.
I guess in life that nothing
Has a fool-proof guarantee.

We’ll try again when floods have gone
And all the roads are fixed,
But ‘til that time, the best laid plans
Have pretty much been nixed.