on the road

the sleepy yellow lights
are dying in the mirror
behind my face
also fading

receding in the distance
a broken piece of me
trailing for miles
down the highway

on the road
somewhere behind me
between the lines
a body lies
I left myself
to an empty sky
I let go of the wheel
and then I closed my eyes

caught in the headlights
standing in the road
blinded by the sun
long after it's gone

on the road
somewhere behind me
between the lines
a body lies
I left myself
to an empty sky
I let go of the wheel
and then I closed my eyes

the restless momentum
the wind in my face
the sound of a voice
rising
fighting for life
the fallen man inside
drives me

on through the morning light
rising in the mirror
beside my eyes
also rising
rising
rising...

beside my face
lost in fire