The Light. The Heat.

The lights look like fire on the street.

I stared out of my fogged windshield in wonder, my passenger falling fast asleep. The world sped by as each golden glow reflected off of the puddles below. Thick melodies seeped from my speakers. I was lulled into a trance of driving and wonder. It felt like an honor to be graced with such a perfect night.

As the number of occupants in my car reduces to one, I'm fully under this sea of black and stars. My eyes are swimming, my heart slowing to the drip of the rain outside. Almost no one on the road. I'm all alone. Nothing but the dark world around me. I'm so calm. Singing music like I was meant to. Gripping my steering wheel so hard, pressing my thoughts and feelings into the leather. Leaning on the gas like it's a drug, and I'm it's addict.
My mind is reeling.
And simply because it's raining outside.

I will lay down in my bed tonight and dream of things that dance through my head. Fleeting thoughts and moments that make my body jerk and jump. Make me sweat like ice and my eyes all cold.
I'll part the blinds with my fingers and stare into the sky. Watch the droplets cover the rooftops and cascade down the edges.

Dazed and crazed. Used and confused.
I'll be hypnotized by the night.
Again.