Half Past Eternity ( France 2000 Heading To Spain )
Half Past Eternity ( France 2000 heading to Spain )
Hush late night
I’m not driving home
Sleepy slow
The thrum of wheels
In an orange lane light glow
Whispers through the window
All autumn leaves and vodka
Days first hint squints through
Nothing but stillness hits the air
To music shattering
The moments mesmerized hum
“What time is it ?” she asks
and leaning on the steering wheel
I am forced to smile
Its not peace or depth
With which she filled me
Or the whispering of the tyres
Eating up their miles
But the breath indrawn as she wakes
“What time is it ?” she asks
Leaning back in the day breaking
Her seat still empty
Yawns to stretch her dreams away
Overtaking the engine humming
My dogs panting keeping time
Is it happening ?
And I pass the edge
The road sweeps the wind open
And I drive beyond the horizon
“What time is it ?”
and I have to smile answering
“Its been a long while”
but drowsy has got to slow
and now its time for her to go
“What time is it ?”
and I answer her softly
“Hey my love, where have you been
“Its only half past eternity”
Copyright © Colin Mitchell Williams | Year Posted 2008
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