we have enough time
to figure this out
to get this right
before we go
but mostly we stop
somewhere on the road
for a rest for a nap and
then never leave the nest
where we sleep
watching as answers
hints and clues
wave goodbye
as they drive away
why are we here
what is the task
can it really be
with everything we touch
we are only passing through
near midnight on our ride home
after i picked you up
at the airport upon your return
from a vacation from us
in a country where i've never been
a man on a motorcycle collided
ahead on route seven with
a deer crossing forever and
we stopped and i ran
while you dialed 911
and i said to the stranger how
i would not leave how i
would stay here with him waiting
for the police and the medics
to arrive that he would be safe
that it would be alright and
there we sat together
in the blood until
the red and blue lights
began spinning and flashing
later before retiring to
our separate sides of the bed
you said how tonight
you were proud of me
for what i did
and now after the lost years
and what was living
that is newly dead
the image of the deer
and the crash and your words
are what i choose to remember