every road

Every road is a runway if you’re going fast enough and still have some lift at the end of it.

long dash

Don’t you hate it when a name gets listed as “John Smith, 1955–”, like the terminal year can drop in right behind the dash any minute now. I want my dash to stretch out like a road that will end but not before a long ride ahead.

oncoming traffic of a kind

On the road we pass many things, but we often fail to notice time going by us in the opposite direction.