Creative Writing: The Wandering Bus

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Have you ever felt or been at your lowest point in life? So, low you don’t know what or how to get through life anymore? I feel like we all have had low points; but not all has ridden the Wandering Bus in Philadelphia. This Bus like no other. This bus is a bus that SEPTA doesn’t even speak about. If you try to look it up on their website, you would have no luck finding it. Why, because it is not on there. It has no schedule or route. The route maybe known to the driver, but then again he may not know it either. Even its electronic reader doesn’t show a number, it only shows “SEPTA”. Local in Philadelphia, call it the “Zero”, the “Random Bus”, the “Wandering Bus”, or just simply “The Bus”. You may never see this bus if you know where you are …show more content…
Where you hit this certain point, to where you thought you were this sturdy oak trees; but instead you are just leaves that blow away at the slightest breeze. When you see the bus, you will have to jog a little, not fast, but just enough to show that you need to get on. Then, it will wait.
When you get to the bus there is this automated voice. This voice doesn’t tell you where you are headed, like Route forty, service to Second and Lombard. It only says Service from and the street you were standing at. The doors finally open with a clink, you get on, the doors close with a swoosh close and the bus goes on. The will never ask “Where to?” but most will say “Just drive”. If you have money, you pay, if you don’t the driver will give you a nod with his eyes covered by his blue hat. Then, you give a nod back and take your seat.
The ones who done no good, be no good, and have no good all ride Philadelphia’s buses. Most of them know where they want to be and who to see. The bus is not for them. Its riders are those who no longer want to be where they are. This bus has been everywhere. It has been spotted in West Powelton, Grad Hospital, and Center City. If you ask most people, they will say they have never seen the bus, because it isn’t the one they’re looking for. If your heart is full and your spirit high, it is possibly you have never seen or see The
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