Night Travelers

Night driving blinded

Spring snow showers

Lights too bright

Road too dark

Disappearing

in blackening wetness

especially when oncoming

lights approach

pray there are no

baby raccoon siblings

making their first

crossing tonight

pray if they are

we’ll see them

in time

pray they will

for some reason

wait till the safety

of darkness returns

to go from here

to the next great beyond

4/4/09