dim-light roadside rest stops.
a spark in the dark,
lighting smoke,
destroying from the inside out.
echoes of bad secrets –

– stolen dreams, stolen kisses from best ex-friends
un-made beds
from weeks of no sleep.
neon signs flashing
danger
danger
danger

before fizzing out and giving up
leaving empty words
and spotty vision.
blood like waterfalls
falling like tears
down the cheeks of monsters like us.

frayed, untied shoelaces
tripping this generation of screw ups
down the dark roads we take –

– staring out at head lights,
staring down at streetlights, down at blurring cities
down
down
down.