Night Companions

Between the hours of 11pm until 4am the interstates are pretty much owned by us truckers.

It's night and the lot is 

full of  sleeping giants;

some chortling in idle

some silent in wait.

In their covered chambers

the drivers snooze;

dreaming of girls? fishing?

of being home?

Another night, quiet

and cool, the arc of

the street lights

is my friend.

At night

I can drive with my 

brothers and sisters.

We travel in packs

with the occasional

4 wheeler weaving

between us; we

watch, wary for signs of drink.

Watching the trees

looking for shining eyes

or movement.

A deer unsure where to run.

It's night

and I begin another mile

toward 500 more 

and the coming day.

Reviews

[Nia Hope]

I like this it's a bit of a different perspective of traveling great job :)

[Mark]

Thank you for reading ;)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

wow what a great reflection of that life...brothers and sisters on the road together...and at the truck stop, the idling, the big rigs resting as well as the drivers...

and then, back on the road again..

really nice work...

jacob

[Mark]

Thanks Jacob. :)

[Angi]

Mark, I am going to share this with my trucker brother when he comes home. He will love this. He talks of the same things you do. Nicely done! Angi~

[Mark]

Thanks Angi, let me know what he thinks of it.

[Frieda P]

This reminds me of my friend Dave who took the same journeys you write about here, you know that story, sounds like it could be a lonely and tedious time out there all alone on that long road ahead of you, good read Mark. What, no mention of 20 year olds? ;-)

[Mark]

haha. thanks for reading.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A tender and pounding feeling of a journey, well done, good read.

[Mark]

Thank you Thomas.

[Ruth]

This has feeling to it, the deer is a beautiful touch connecting the travel to the emotion xx

[Mark]

Thank you Poppy :) The deer is real too. I've seen hundreds of them at night and had one panic on me even. Luckily, it tried to outrun me instead of running in front of me!

[Ruth]

I remember my dad used to tell me stories of his travels driving. Never a dull moment in the solitude x

[John Alexander McFadyen]

You really give the feel for driving long distance and being on the 'lonely' road at night in t his poem Mark. Very well expressed!

[Mark]

Thank's a lot John. :)

[Jack...]

Can't say I've ever driven a truck longhual before but I have been one of those four wheelers that annoy you guys so. Very cool Mark.

[Mark]

haha Jack. Just stay moving ahead of us, or behind us and it's all good. :)

[Jack...]

I drove from Texas to Maine once and was following a big rig late at night, to eliminate wind drag on me, and he didn't care for that at all. He tapped the brakes a couple of times but that didn't persuade me to move, it is when he slammed on the breaks that I figured I better find another lane to drive in. :)

[Mark]

I don't mind someone doing that... I've had cars follow me for hours right on my tail. I figure if they want to live dangerously, that's there business LOL Just don't do it in FRONT of me, then I get pissy.

[SyberRose]

Nicely done Mark...Ive never been in a truck or big rig...but i love watching the trucker shows on tv for some reason...havent figured it out yet haa....maybe its the personalities of the truckers and how they handle their jobs....good one Mark...Rose

[Mark]

heh, ya I love that show as well. Never find me driving over ice however!

[Baby Ricochet]

Awesome poem. I love driving at night on the interstate.

[Mark]

Thanks Mark, I like the night driving too, I just can't do it for too many days in a row. At some point around 4 am my body starts demanding I sleep and the more days I go without actually sleeping those hours the more tired I get.