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Imagine you’re driving along a scenic stretch of road: a country lane lined with autumn leaves, a windy mountain pass, a cliffside highway with views of the ocean. Describe everything you see. ["Cygnes Au Château" by _astrid_, YWP]
Gentle waves curl over themselves
Like blue and white ribbons
Twirling together to captivate the eyes
The sky is in flames
Shades of orange and red
Reach through the blue
To you
you who lives among our rainbow hills--
green one moment
orange the next
and always blue in the distance--
you who lives along a river
you who lives looking into sunsets
you and you
It’s 6 AM at the end of September, and Vermont's trees are transitioning into their autumn beauty. The mornings are my favorite: the quiet, peacefulness, and calm of the world are one of a kind.
I put my turn signal on and pull off of the pavement. I open my car door and breathe in the spring air. I see new leaves, green, on the trees, and potholes that I dodge and jump as I start skipping.
I live for these moments.
Moments that make you forget anything but remember everything all at once.
It's quiet. Just the rumbling of the car. My friend is asleep next to me, their head on my shoulder. I open the windows. The breeze is nice and cool and rustles my hair. As soon as the window is open, it reveals the sound of crickets.
My roadtrip is different than the average.
Unless, I suppose, you consider water a road.