Long Drives

I would like to take a very long drive with you

Winding down a dirt road with trees on both sides

Punctuated by clearings, and fields full of grass

With the windows down. 

We can smell the summer night, and my hair can dance on the rushing wind

You could put one hand on my leg

We could sing along to the radio

Or hum together in the silence.

We could park in a clearing

Spread a blanket on the hood

And while we watch the stars you could listen to the butterflies that live in my stomach

You could sooth the wolves that pace beneath my skin.

We could lay there in the heat and the dark

With everything that's left to do, all the places left to go, and all the words we've yet to speak

Stretched out before us

Like a country road.