Zombie

And it was just the road… Just the road in front of us… Just the road behind us… Our destination was the same as yours… The same as all of us… Heaven or Hell… It is just that most people hold on to this world… Hold on to all that exists here and now… Not realizing that at our destination… None of it matters… So we drove with no particular place on this earth to go… We lived off bad food and bottled water…We lived off the understanding we didn't know or have any of the answers… We lived off acceptance… We lived off love…

$137.56 in cash… Bank account in the negative… Dirty clothes in the back seat… Bags of left overs and empty bottles on the floor… Hot sauce packet opened and spilling on the dash… The life of insects spread across the windshield… A tail light broken… The front bumper cracked… Both windows down… The music turned up to the max… My hand tapped to the beat… She chewed on an edible and watched the scenery pass… Her glasses hiding the windows to her soul…

I pushed the pedal farther down and switched lanes… As we moved past the semi truck she sat up, smiled and pulled her shirt down flashing the truck driver… I smiled and she laughed… Then she sat back and again watched the scenery pass… I moved my right hand toward her… She grabbed my hand… I faded back to the right lane… Put the car on cruise control and zoned out…

I pulled into a rest area on Interstate 5 just outside of Los Angeles… Parked on the far side… She hit the restroom to piss… I turned the car off and leaned my seat back… I closed my eyes… Half asleep I heard the door open and her voice “F$&@ me right here!”... I opened my eyes… I turned to her… She repeated her demand… I looked at the rows of cars and trucks parked… Everyone trying to catch some sleep before they hit the road again… I looked back at her… And she leaned over… We kissed… And she reached for me…

Windows… You cant see through the windows… The heat of our bodies and breath causing the windows to close their eyes… Her hand print on the glass… Her voice in my ear… Her mouth on my mouth… Her body taking all of me… Her lust manipulating my soul… Slow… No… Fast… No… The speed of every move somehow in the perfect balance of both… On time with the tempo of the universe…

I awoke to the sun… My head leaning up against the door… Her head on my lap… She had a sweater on and just her panties… Her face and legs accepting the suns energy…. Her skin glowing… I checked the time… I shook her awake… She opened her eyes… “Sit up, Imma start driving.” She sat up and leaned over to her side and just went back to sleep… I started the car… And it was just the road… Just the road in front of us… Just the road behind us…