I sip you like the local coffee. 

slow and savoring

not willing to miss a single drop.

you are a sugar-coated song that stretches farther

than the the car ride.

addicted to the syrupy ooze of the melody,

I put the car in park and gaze out at the scenery. 

as the melody carries on,

as the engine rolls on,

the song is just too sweet to cut short

like the slivered wedge of a crisp apple

you are as ever juicy when I suck the slice

slowly

almost letting you dissolve on my tongue

sizzling out of what you used to be

now, faded out into the scenery like the

 remnants of a sunset

a red highlight hue 

I know, was once you.