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Holding Ground
as I gaze ahead at the open road,
the twists, the bends, the curves...
I think to myself
I love her.
With an undying luminscence
I love her.
The scenery rushes past
The lines on the road blur...
I say out loud
"What happened with us?
I'd give it all if I could only know...
what happened to us?"
heat rises from the hood
the tires barely grip the road
I slam the wheel and yell,
"Why did you end it?
He'll never love you as much as I do!
Why did you end US?"
the pedal pressed to the floor
the end of the road barreling toward me
I close my eyes
I see her face. I hear her laugh. I smell her hair. I feel her in my arms. I taste the remains of a kiss not there...
I grip the wheel
my knuckles white... the end in front of me
the headline reads, "Local man found dead in high speed car wreck"
I can't believe what I'm reading
That someone like I last night
could not stop that car
Because the memory of her was not enough
not for him
but for I
it's all that remains
and that
is enough to keep me in this world
