So she drove

Hot water ran down her face as steam filled the room. She was reminded of that foggy morning back in the middle of May. That morning that she had just hopped in the car and drove for hours. Through the fog and the mist and the rain. Through the never-ending miles of asphalt that disappeared underneath the car as she pressed the gas pedal closer to the floor.

In the thick of the deciduous forest that followed her on the right she spotted a deer. A deer that had no idea it was being watched. A deer that simply frolicked through the greenery looking for food, or perhaps seeking out a hiding place from a predator. But she pressed the gas pedal closer to the floor. Closer to the asphalt.

And the car drove faster than ever.

She drove straight on to sunset, to a place she had never known.She kept chasing the asphalt that had no end.

She drove to the place where it all began.