Night Drive

The sun is far below and hours ago

Safe and warm in this womb of steel

Life is a ribbon in the darkness

miles to go and miles behind

The mountain road rises

Twisting into unseen heights

The engine roars

Relief for being unleashed

Germanic beats throb

Urging mich zum fahren

Statues of trucks

Momentary blips, front, right, past,

Signs of state, signs of miles, signs of caution flash

besides, hands on the wheel, eyes on the road

Heart on the music, mind on the wander

Cresting, summit, crescendo, the road turns

Downwards, treacherous, black

Ice

The silent waiting killer

Too late the womb is a tomb

Enter, over, across, through

Born again on the other side

Life blessed life is granted

Ease off the pedal, let the roar die behind

Switch off the blaupunkt, the heart beats loudly enough

Tiny angels fly in the night, a celebration, a parade

A barrage, a storm, engage hyperspace

Follow the white line

Alice would be proud

Nibbling at the inches

Knuckles white as the snow

Everyone is afraid of darkness and doom

But what they should truly fear

Is the white

Line has disappeared

But there is light all around

The line has brought me off the highway

To a place of rest

Cars and trucks and people in orderly lines

Waiting in the white

Waiting for daylight