Words of Art – Day 64 – Outrun the Night

Outrun the Night

It is a cliché’, I know.
But I have the pedal 
To the metal, pushing
My car to its limit.
Hoping the troopers are all 
Eating donuts with a hot cup of coffee,
I speed down the highway.
My eyes shift from the road
Ahead to the rear-view mirror
Where I see the night
Fast approaching.
I pump the gas, hoping for
A little more speed,
A little more time
As I do my damndest to
Outrun the night.

Roy W. Backes
© 2015