CHASING CHROME REFLECTIONS ON A DUSTY ROAD

The sun beat down intensely on the parched earth, kicking up motes of dust with every passing vehicle. The road stretched before me, a scar of cracked asphalt snaking through the vastness. I squinted, my eyes drawn to the sparkling reflections in a discarded chrome bumper, sunken amongst the tumbleweeds. It was a fleeting moment of beauty, an echo