Street lights shift in tandem,
Flickering rhythmically
Sputtering small halos of safety
Bleached, cracking pavement
devoid of fellow travelers,
and subsequent passengers
I devour dotted lines,
The speed of light
no longer constant.
I allow heavy lids to fall
without much hesitation.
Feel the road sway beneath
I above, disconnected,
yet grounded still. Oil atop water;
Disharmonious cohabitants
Consistency is lost. I pretend
time moves as I please
With or without me
I begin to count
One
Testing preservation,
Instinctual construction of survival.
Two
How long can I trust
touch to keep the course
Three
Can distance be anticipated
without visual stimuli?
Four
I feel the whir of the engine,
obediently churning
Five
hear the wind whipping
defying my wish for silence
slipping through the back window
Six
This is bliss.
I swim envisioned oblivion
Seven
I should open my eyes
Eight
Reality in motion -
time makes me queasy.
Nine
Sight returns.
I stop counting.
Safe, trundling on
I slide silently down 48.
December 12, 2016
Feb 5, 2017
Feb 5, 2017 at 9:21 PM UTC
Street lights shift in tandem,
Flickering rhythmically
Sputtering small halos of safety
Bleached, cracking pavement
devoid of fellow travelers,
and subsequent passengers
I devour dotted lines,
The speed of light
no longer constant.
I allow heavy lids to fall
without much hesitation.
Feel the road sway beneath
I above, disconnected,
yet grounded still. Oil atop water;
Disharmonious cohabitants
Consistency is lost. I pretend
time moves as I please
With or without me
I begin to count
One
Testing preservation,
Instinctual construction of survival.
Two
How long can I trust
touch to keep the course
Three
Can distance be anticipated
without visual stimuli?
Four
I feel the whir of the engine,
obediently churning
Five
hear the wind whipping
defying my wish for silence
slipping through the back window
Six
This is bliss.
I swim envisioned oblivion
Seven
I should open my eyes
Eight
Reality in motion -
time makes me queasy.
Nine
Sight returns.
I stop counting.
Safe, trundling on
I slide silently down 48.
December 12, 2016
