Highway Tail Lights

Vibrating octaves peeked shyly from an elaborate playlist that yellow evening, and it seemed to meld into one with the canvas of orange hues.

Maybe I didn't treat you, quite as good as I should have...

Sprightly lights quietly appeared amongst the concrete jungle. Slowly yet surely, the resting city was coming to life. I was humbled at the perpetuation of life that did not wait for time.

Maybe I didn't love you, quite as often as I could have...

Trails of streaking tail lights sped by me, and I didn't mind. I allowed the descending twilight slow my pace. All I yearned was to glide on the tarmac.

Little things I should have said and done...

The sweet symphony between man and music was briefly my reality. I permitted the piano play parts of my life story. I let the deep purr of the engine drive me. I let the fluidity of notes shape old nostalgias. I indulged.

I just never took the time...

But you were always on my mind...

(Buble' singing "Always On My Mind")