once i was driving
& a song came 
on the radio
& i had to
pull into a lot
& throw the
car in park
& just listen
it was just
a scraped 
voice & an 
acoustic guitar
but the words
along w/the 
backdrop of
strumming
had sent me 
off the road
my hands on
steering wheel, 
shaking 
the landscape
around me 
in ruins