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A few final rays of sunlight peep over the tops of the trees and sometimes they momentarily blind me as I speed along the almost empty road and there's nothing in my way now... I push my foot closer to the floor, feeling the hum of the engine increase in pitch and the vibrations beneath my foot change as the car travels faster and faster and I stop looking at the speedometer when it touches ninety and then exceeds it...

The road is mine, the day is failing, the darkness is draping her bejewelled silken scarf across the skies and I feel you next to me and sense your smile and the way your breathing changes as the speed begins to excite you...

You never say a word but the touch of your fingers skimming across my shoulder sends shivers through me even though my eyes never leave the road ahead and it's slipping under the wheels with such ease as though the car is gliding across a lake of air...

Your laughter lightly rings, breaking the almost-silence, bringing my dream-state to life and I'm spellbound by the road and I'm entranced by your presence as you lean close to me and your breath caresses my neck and the feather-light touch of your lips sends my skin into raptures whilst my hands grip the wheel tightly and more tightly as you whisper in my ear that nothing can stop us now - it's the freedom we'd always dreamed about because now there's no-one that can make us go back...

The thunder of my heartbeat fills my ears, I can feel the blood rush around my body and I'm intoxicated by the sensations induced by the thought of you beside me and by the speed and by the feeling that I am in control... in control of this car and the road and in control of my destiny... I am in control of you and I. My resolve is fixed and I know my destination.


My memory replays the moments that I will take with me from the first time I ever saw your face then past the times we spent living and loving and making love and just being - just being who we were and who we are and whoever we wanted to be and I see every smile you ever gave me and hear every time you told me you love me and then I see your eyes staring up at me. Dead, as you were when I held you in my arms for the last time.

With eyes full of tears, clouding my perfect vision I struggle to see and to understand the clarity of the road ahead and I prepare for my next journey...

With no more tears left I bring the car to it's maximum speed and guide it through the bridge's barrier with barely even a second to make a sound and as the car and I fly through the air I am flying towards you shining in the darkness with your arms outstretched to receive me.

I close my eyes and fall until there is no more falling to do.

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