Trees
Quiet.
There's no other sound apart from the hum of the V6 engine.
Cars zip past.
Trees zip past.
Moments zip past.
"You will always be a SAD, PATHETIC--
Exit to QEW.
Check my blind spot.
Merge left.
"I got into UC Berkeley! Dude I can't believe it! Have you heard back from--
Road is bumpy, I can feel every hole.
Vermont plate, Americans.
Bladder is talking to me.
"We will always meet more physically attractive people in our lives. But it doesn't matter, because what I have with you--
21 degrees Celsius.
Dynamic and Sport modes on.
She is fast asleep beside me.
"You work at a top global firm, and you are posting yourself crying? What the f--
Merge right.
Exit to Trafalgar.
Speed limit reduced to 50.
"Please come over right now. I know you have to leave, but I want to--
Inhale. Exhale.
This is a simulation.
This is only a simulation.
"And so it is. Just like you said it would be. Life goes easy on me. Most, of the time."
I don't want to forget I'm watching the movie, not acting in it.
I don't want to miss the forest for the trees.
I don't want to lose myself trying to find myself.
