Day 20

Sometimes driving makes the journey seem longer.
Every turn in the road is an hour of your life.
Every roundabout is a step back as you gradually move towards your goal.

Night driving feels the longest.
Long empty roads where the car in front is a blinking red star in the distance
and you see no others behind or beside you.

Eventually you begin to doze off, gently drifting to sleep.
You jolt awake to find its sunrise and you're miraculously still on the road.
Reaching your destination you find its nothing how you remember it to be.
Nothing looks the same but your navigator says you're there.
Getting out and asking a nearby stranger they say your destination hasn't
been there for many years.

You begin to panic, where have they gone? What's happening?
You reach for your phone only to gasp at your wrinkled hands.
Running to the car and gazing into the mirror you see an old person staring back.

Sometimes driving makes the journey seem longer.
Sometimes things are exactly what they seem.