The Web Poetry Corner - J. M. Hallett - Around the Bend
Around the Bend
by
J. M. Hallett
I fly tonight, free
Away from the madness
From you
Slicing through the darkness
As the highway screams beneath me
I burn the frigid night
She holds me now
A good fit, she
Scorching midnight blue Le Mans, 1963
Together, we'll escape
Around the next bend, perhaps
Some off ramp where infatuation ends
Or further down the road
I’ll know it when I see it
Like those rest-stops where phantoms mend
Dotting the roads to Bethlehem
Escape, for all, you see, will always be
Just around the bend