Tail Lights Poem by Kewayne Wadley

Light's flash in the rear view.
Anxiety intensifies.
Sirens wail.
Filling the abundance of air

Anxiety intensifies.
An ulcer I couldn't stomach.
Sirens wail.
Aware of footsteps approaching the car

I couldn't begin to stomach.
I didn't exceed the speed limit.
Aware of the foot steps now still.
A pestering silence

I didn't exceed the speed limit.
He begins to speak.
Breaking the silence.
Eyes grow uneasy.

He begins to speak.
Sirens no longer wailing.
Eyes fill with ease.
He states my tail light was out