it's terrifying: watching the darkness unfold along the road, the slope of the tar skimming below my tires. the car pitches forward and swerves when i don't mean for it to. every street seems like staring into a lump of coal.
after the fear subsides, the night is so beautiful. the headlights peer out only far enough to illuminate the black roads and outline the trees. there is only me and this spot of light ahead.
