2002 Grande Prix

An actual incident that had happened to me early this year in January

Left turn signal

Merge over into lane

Turn the radio's volume up

Minutes pass...

Thinking thoughts that don't matter

Eager to crawl into my bed

Maybe scavenge through the fridge and cupboards

Doze off with The Colbert Report on

Reality hits

As I hit black ice

The snow glazed road

Allows my car to slide uncontrollably

And just like that

Time had almost come to a stop

But my car hadn't and neared the median

F**k.

Impact

A sharp jerk forward

Belongings in the back of car fly to the front

As I am restrained by the safety belt

Sparks fly

Hell's flames?

They fade as I bounce off the wall

But appear with vengeance as more collisions strike

What seemed an eternity

Merely lasted seconds

And wasn't long enough 

For Satan to welcome me in

The car slowed

Time resumed

I breathed life back in

And exhaled near death

The white night 

Quite 

As if my occurrence

Never occurred

No airbags had deployed

No more left headlight

All was left 

Was a silent drive home