July 21, 2005

Night Rider

"Would you like something to drink, sir?" she asked me.

The lights flickered and faded into a dark glow of aisle lights and overhead icons of safety belts and cigarettes.

"They're still free up here, right?" i replied.

"Yes sir." she said with a smile.

"I'll take a gin and tonic then."

We ascended into the night. Through the window was nothing but black in all directions. Inside my head it was about the same. I leaned back my seat and closed my eyes. No one on earth who could ever possibly have been thinking about me then knew where i was, or where i was going. Even i didn't know exactly where i was, or when it was, or when it was going to be when i got there.

There were very few things i understood right then.

The lights went out. I finished my gin and tonic. and for the fist time in a little while, i smiled.

{Listening to: Nights Like These.}

Posted by Todd Roeth at July 21, 2005 03:43 AM