When the highway noise
Lists in my head
When the smile meets the corners of my eyes
Driving one window down
My brain busy
My watch unpolished
I wonder a second long enough
Not seeing

Not sleeping
I am found tapping my fingers in dance
Circling underlining strips of past battlefields

Crash!
It all comes together

Feeling off-center
Lean into the collapse
Inevitable

Sleep begrudges me
A closed eye
A half recollected dream

The sheer force of people talking
A wind a river rushing along

I stand on the bank and consider setting in a toe

When I know he would dive in