the street lights beam through the car windows, passing us by like artificial shooting stars. the fog causes the light to disperse and scatter across the glass. it glows upon my cheeks. i'm so afraid. where are you now? i'm stuck so deep in this hole i can barely tell if you're still here or not. a kaleidoscope of colors flash by as i speed through the wormhole, nauseous, where are we going? i try to call out your name but the sound dies on my dry lips before it can even form. i continue speeding through the tunnels, twisting left right upside down i don't even know which way is up anymore and just as i think i'm leaving this world your hand reaches out and encases mine, pulling me a little closer to earth again. i feel safe. i feel safe as you guide me along the right path and back, back into the car, my body slips back under the seat belt and i collapse
my hand still wrapped firmly around yours
my hand still wrapped firmly around yours