The highway changes when you travel it At different times, In different seasons, Weathers, road conditions, or decades. The places you pass and your final destination Will change entirely from year to year Or day to night. The highway will tell you totally different things, The signs change from year to year And day to night.
The sky goes dark, the lights come on, Some letters are lost, and new meaning found. A roadside motel becomes simply a mote, There is vacancy where before There was nothing at all, Just an abandoned fruit stand, which by twilight Becomes a small houseβ The siding might be yellow or brownβ With dark curtains and neon signs Proffering readings, psychic insights, an open palm.
The other night, I came to the end of the highway. I would have crashed right through the barrier But God or my survival instinct intervened, And my journey continued On a different highway altogether.