Two Headlights

 

In an '86 Stanza I glide beneath the glowing lights

That shine upon a street without a name.

Brick walls stretch forever 'neath the starlight-empty ether

Where Luna and the Luxor play their game.

 

The world slips along with the radio's song.

I pause to watch the amber, red, and green,

Travelling alone down roads I've never known,

The headlights showing sights I've never seen.

 

The wind's fingers brush my hair, I breathe in deep the cool night air.

The April night seeps deep into my mind.

The road out in front of me stretches to infinity;

That's far enough to leave it all behind.

 

4-97

 

(On a side note, I wrote this poem back in '97, when the Wallflowers song "One Headlight" was constantly on the radio. I loved the song, so I always had it in my head. To get it out of my head, I wrote the above poem, to the tune of One Headlight.)