Drive

Mesmerized by beauty painting its picture out my driver side window. The blue skies being lost in the towering mountains. The road disappearing in the rolling fields racing away from towering peaks in the distance. Driving toward the majestic scenery. I think to myself. Maybe this world is truly beautiful. We are just blinded by the pain and routines to notice. I take my hands off the wheel and close my eyes. I turn the music up as it drowns out all the noise in my life. reckless at the site of beauty. I press on the gas. I let my fate take the wheel as I scream the lyrics to this precious song. In a car away from love and home. I am eager to just drift into these archaic landscapes for beauty. All these thoughts through my head. The car keeps accelerating. I begin laughing. And crying. Finding peace in drowned out silence. Hands in the air. I am letting the music guide me. I am losing control of what is. And forgetting what was. Sobbing. And laughing. I begin to start swerving. Unable to open my eyes. I sing and laugh louder. Dancing. Rejoicing. At the beauty. The music that has taken me. I am awakened. Losing all control. The car flips. And I crash into the windshield. The pain is sharp. The music stops and is replaced with sounds of crashing and smashing. As the car tumbles multiple times. I feel my bones shattering. I taste my own blood spewing from my mouth as my organs fail. Shock overcomes my nerves I feel no pain. The car stops I am trapped inside. It catches fire and begins to burn away this now destroyed car and in no time I'll just be just ashes and memories. I open my eyes one last time. I am free...

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