driving fast on a icy mountain pass
we came bulleting off the road
and flailing, clutching anything

(my stomach in my throat)
i screamed to my passengers, "I love you"
and i prayed to what I do not know

I hoped we would not suffer
but the car it did not slow
-

and flying through the darkness
not stopping, and missing all the trees
i couldn't help but remember

that thought i often think -
that maybe I'm invincible
I just don't think I can die

but in the seconds seeming like hours
I came to see I might
-

I was quite sure we're gaining speed
the outcome seemed more certain
approaching terminal velocity

and I thought about the movies
a ball of flames, exploding noise
and all of it so romantic

falling down the mountain, plummeting with my boys
-
and that's when we finally hit the ground

careening hundreds of feet
I knew we wouldn't go out pleasantly
(pressed into a tree)

but all the sudden we're just stopped there
intact, our limbs and heads
silent and not moving

amazed to find that we're not dead
we're amazed that we're not dead