The Ride Home

Music:  “The Orion Nebula” by Project Skyward

The sky shines

Bright pulsating

Powerful lights

Beckon and tantalize

Holding out possibilities

For weary travelers

And lonely pilgrims

This way

Shifting sands

Prairie lands

Fascinating flora

Painted fields of purple and gold

Roll away

Outside my moving window

Bouncing beats and

Shimmering sideways

The sounds of humming engine

Hemmed in by towering rock walls and deep shadows

We roll on

Destination known

Yet beyond this film of flimsy reality my mind can roam

To places I’ve never known

In dreams

Lips I’ve never kissed

Hovering so near to my face

(Music:  “Who are You” by Astralasia)

The intangible lover

Touching myself

On the arm

A tactile reminder

(Where am I?)

On the road, Homeward bound

(What is home?)

Solace and solitude

Interrupted by life’s demands

You must attend

Defending my kingdom, of space and time

Out of body experience, so much clearer than real life

Keep rolling

Dreaming

Don’t stop

I’m not ready for reality

To stop my mind’s drifting

Face forward

The inevitable

But not yet

Roll on

City sleeping

Who are you and what do you dream?

(Is he with you?)

I am coming

Moving closer

And the stars wink just for me