Miles

Last Tuesday night my mother, Jenna comes into the house I'm sitting in the living room with my other mom, Kelly Jenna asks us if we could take a drive with her So we all get in the car And as we a ll drive, silence creeps along like the cracks of a frozen lake Our hearts begin to thud slowly off beat And I wonder and then I know And I didnt imagine it would end like this I didn't imagine an ending at all, but if they were going to tell me about the divorce What a way to do it I sit in the back seat and think about how lucky we were to have had this family Their 20 years of marriage, my 15 with them I remember all of us driving miles out in the highway until I fell asleep in the back seat i dont want this life to end Jenna starts to talk She tells me that our caris just 13 miles away from reaching 100,oo miles now I wonder if this is part of the divorce speech or just a distraction I feel angry, they should just say it She tells me the reason we took this ride is so thatt we could all e there to reach 100,000 miles toghter as the people who matter in our life Slowly I realize thid idnt a break up ride or a divorce ride or a seperation ride This is a 100,00 mile ride Were in the car and we're driving on a Tuesday night And we're 99,987 miles in We stop for onion ringd and sundaes Keep driving 99,993 miles Stevie Nicks 99,997 miles Elton John When we get to 99,999 miles we holds hands, blast Melissa Ethridge and sing Lucky at the top ouf our lungs There are too many, reasons that my mamas found love in eachothers presence There are too many moments when we are unbreakable, and this moment we are one family Constructing as we go Burning bridges behind us Add mileage like graceful aging Driving in our car towards moonlight