Driving down an old dirt road
that has existed as long as I can recall it has many turns,
up hills and very few down hill moments.
It twists and turns like the wheel of a ‘09 black ford ranger.
The road doesn’t seem to have an end.
The dirt is kicked up by my tires
that probably should have gotten replaced a couple months ago.
In the distance I see a tree.
It’s not a normal tree though,
this one has bark on half of it
you can see the inside of the tree on the other side.
As I get closer I realize I’ve never noticed this tree before
even though I have been down this road more than a million times.
I get closer and closer to the tree
it isn’t seeming to get any bigger
which is something you might expect
when something is as far away as that tree was.
I finally get to the tree,
I get out of the car and walk up to it.
It was dead.
I came all this way and it was dead.