JAN'S POEM

CITY LIGHTS

Beneath the pale moon
with a thousand times a thousand
bright stars above me
the long narrow road
crawls through the lonely desert
mile after mile
the tires whisper a song
to the black asphalt
the open window
invites the sultry breeze
in the dash board glow
I am an eerie phantom
counting off the miles
mile after mile
then I top the crest of a hill
and see the lights below
a sparkling gem
in the lap of the desert
a thousand times a thousand
city lights twinkling,
blinking in the distance

Janice Kuykendall