Winner: Poem of the Week: July 22, 2007
One Final Time
by thief of dreams
Moonlit fields
Slide by the window
The silver sickle hard at work
Cutting down wheat
As the odometer climbs
Steadily passed safety
The road dips and curves
Into a forest of evergreens
Living statues of ancient beings
Shaking branches in sympathy
Roll the windows down
Let in natures symphony
The echo of the engine
Quick squeal of tires
Straining to stay on course
As I press harder the accelerator
Losing myself to the memories
Suicide vindicator
Explode from the tree line
Shooting up a small incline
Bathed in the full moon
As it hangs bloody and waiting
Over the bend
Above rolling hills of alone
Calling for me to ascend
The rush of the wind
Filling the car like a cyclone
I remove my glasses
Hold them at arms length
Let them tumble from sight
Swallowed by the darkness
I won’t need them tonight
The ocean glistens
Waiting to embrace me
One final time
Crash through the warning sign
The impact like a gunshot
As the wood explodes
I rise from my seat
As the car leaves the cliff
Free falling in silence
Watching the sparkling sea
Welcoming me
One final time
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