Asphalt Ribbons

Listen to Me – it’ll be all right!! 

       Traveling down asphalt ribbons

       two friends and I roared

       tossing back heads with laughter

       steered toward hitchhiker,

       squealed our brakes

       and took a chance at life.

Listen to me – it’ll be all right!

       Walking with turmoil

       thumb pointing to heaven

       traveling heart ruling the road

       crests of somber smoke

       circled his head

       standing forlorn

       in drugged rain -

       an ominous warning.

Listen to me – it’ll be all right!

       Dark soul and onyx eyes

       striding through yesterday’s fog

       lightning flashed omens of ill portent

       holding a gun, he waved us out

       shadows reaching like snakes

       this is where you’re gonna die.

Listen to me – it’ll be all right! 

       I stepped on the gas

       in black inky light

       his body sailed in air

       blood on our windshield

       reflections of no return

       stained our hands

       seeping sinister shades

       hiding unfurled evil

       which had oozed

       into our souls

       then crossed the river

       of rough scowling waters.

Listen to me – it’ll be all right!