Shadows settle
along paved roads
and fences where the
sunset chased
reflections in rear view mirror
glances
between photographs
and moments

where
       the
          night
             begged
                itself
                  to
                    stay...
in some collective box that held
daylight down by your
childhood home
free
holding limbs and fractures
and each remark swallowed
in churning sound
lungs of light and darkness
chewing itself away
in the hours
gone
on the long drive
home.