Tell me a story

and let's laugh like it's the only

thing keeping us alive.

Play a song

and give the stereo

permission to use its

outside voice.

Let's sing loudly, offbeat and out of tune.

Let the world know

we don't care how it sounds

because the only key we need

is already in the ignition.

Let the sky turn the windshield

into a stage. Watch it dance like the scenery

is auditioning to be a part of our story.

Let's just go.

Drive until our troubles

phantom in the rearview mirror

and we forget they exist,

at least

for a moment.