buckle up for lauren

i saw
a buckle up
for lauren
bumper sticker
on the back
of an aging
jeep weeks back
and looked down
at that
tiny slit that
holds me
tidy inside
my fast cruising
vehicle
blaring to
my next destination
as visions of
who this lauren
girl really was when
an accident
took her from
future plans of
school,
family,
child birth,
homes,
vacations
and all the
decent memory
makers of earth living
gave me one more pause
to look back
at my tiny son
even more snug
in his belted seat
as the quick pace
of our moving metal
was too much for
my crammed brain
to shrug off.