FOR D

 

FOR D

Long road, endless night,

The sweetest hours I’ve ever known,

Your palm pressed warm against my own.

The thought of stopping cuts like frost,

I’d rather roam than face the dawn alone.

Can we stretch this moment, make it last?

Drive slow, let the miles unspool,

No destination, just you and me.

The old pickup hums, its dashboard glow

A velvet cocoon where we’re unbound.

As long as you’re here, we’ll chase the dark,

Winding through the long way’s quiet spell.

Chevy’s worn seats cradle us close,

Your breath a rhythm syncing with the road.

Slow the wheels, let time blur soft,

No need for home’s cold, empty pull.

We’ll trace the curves where starlight spills,

Lost in the night, refusing to be found.

Out past the town, where fields breathe wide,

We’ll dodge the dawn, defy the clock’s cruel hand.

The windshield fogs with our whispered heat,

No defrost to clear this fragile haze.

You and the highway offer space to rest,

We’ll pause, claiming the long way’s fleeting grace.

Headlights carve arcs through velvet black,

Your face a flicker in their fleeting dance.

I feel you near, a pulse beneath my skin,

This moment’s rhythm too perfect to break.

Not yet, not home—let’s steal more time,

Drifting where the night road softly bends.

The stars above are maps we’ll never read,

Each pinprick light a story left untold.

I’d trade the day to keep you by my side,

To hold this feeling, raw and uncontained.

The engine’s hum sings our defiance,

A vow to take the long way, always.

Beyond the hills, where silence reigns,

We’ll weave through shadows, chasing endless skies.

The world can wait, its demands grow dim,

While your touch anchors me to now.

Slow the wheels, let’s outrun the end,

Clinging to the night that holds us whole.

Long road, boundless night,

The truest joy I’ve ever claimed.

Your hand in mine, a tether through the dark,

I beg the stars to stall the coming light.

Drive slow, my love, let’s never find the end,

Forever lost in the long way’s tender sway.