Tail Lights

Headlights cut through the haze

street signs blink in slow parade

your voice still hums in the static air

though you’ve been gone for who knows where

I let the wheel decide the pace

let time dissolve without a trace

Tail lights bleed into a stream

red rivers in a midnight dream

every glow has somewhere to be

but I’m just riding memory

windows fog with old goodbyes

stars drowned out by city skies

Neon paints the dashboard gold

coffee cold beside the road

I pass the turn we used to take

now it’s just a shape I make

the rearview shows what I can’t keep

a ghost that rides in every sleep

Tail lights bleed into a stream

red rivers in a midnight dream

every glow has somewhere to be

but I’m still chasing yesterday

windows fog with old goodbyes

stars drowned out by city skies

I almost called you back tonight

when the rain began to blur the line

between the road and all we lost

between your name and winter frost

Tail lights bleed into a stream

red rivers in a midnight dream

every glow has someone to hold

but I’m just driving through the cold

windows fog with old goodbyes

stars drowned out by city skies