Driving, foot pressed hard against the pedal.
Impatient, never moving fast enough.
Strong vibrations, a screen illuminates the dashboard.
Take your eyes off the road, just for a second.
Reach for your phone, it must be important.
A glimpse of scattered light out the windshield, adrenaline surges.
Cut the wheel, slam the brakes, stop breathing.
Tires screeching, rubber burning, metal crunching.
Inertia hurls you forward, a violent burst of air shoves you backward.
Open your eyes as the dust, the smoke, the consequences all settle.
Never again.
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Alyssa Musso
A scientist by trade, but a creative at heart. One novel in progress with too many other ideas taking up space in my head. Some of those ideas end up here.
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Heavy subject matter, but all too true a scenario for some. Excellent poem.