fighting the drive
home every
second
that goes by

the shadowy trees
looming over me
mock
taunt

stop signs give
opportunity
for thought
to seep through

those loud
second thoughts
the ones
you hear over
music

louder than the night

invisible forces
guide my feet &
hands towards
the familiar

but

my eyes
mind
soul
search desperately
for something else

i don't know where you
lay
or where your loyalties lie
you may not
even be real at all

but there is something
that makes me
yearn to turn

away from the
obvious path before me

and towards that
immutable
stellar
pull

to immerse myself
in you;
in every sense
of phrase

but this long
dark road keeps
calling my name

the winding
expected
familiarity

so soon
won't release
it's grip on me