Red Light

Memory cries out from somewhere far behind us,
a thin voice lost in the engine's roar
as we speed away.

In an hour we'll forget the warning.
Tomorrow, the voice.
Acceleration starts to feel like gravity.
And the motor --



-- just the rushing of wind over the open sea,
fading to a murmur here on the shore
where we contemplate evening's first few stars (distances, trajectories),
idly planning our next engine.



-- January 2003