Dipped Headlights
Driving with dipped headlights...
You feel you ought to be
on full beam
but you
can't find the switch.
These are ambiguous trees.
They threaten and bewitch.
Silently they sweep past
into the night.
You find it hard
to think of them as solid -
these clouds of lace
poised briefly
by the roadside
before they side
into the past.
More trees surge forward
calling you
like some Erlkönig
holding out
enchanting arms.
You long to drive
straight into their embrace.
So what is this
that moves
and sways
and calls you?
If only you could see!
If only you could find
that switch!
You feel you ought to be
on full beam
but you
can't find the switch.
These are ambiguous trees.
They threaten and bewitch.
Silently they sweep past
into the night.
You find it hard
to think of them as solid -
these clouds of lace
poised briefly
by the roadside
before they side
into the past.
More trees surge forward
calling you
like some Erlkönig
holding out
enchanting arms.
You long to drive
straight into their embrace.
So what is this
that moves
and sways
and calls you?
If only you could see!
If only you could find
that switch!
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