First Car Vibes

18/08/2020 - Poem a Day Compilation 



My Grandmother bought me my first car

So she could see me spend my inheritance.

It was a little red hatchback

And I loved that little car.



I learnt to drive on it at eighteen

In a local industrial area on weekends

Parking between B-doubles and tankers,

And practicing emergency stops.



I drove it all over the country

From city lanes to interstate highways,

Dirt tracks to cobbled streets

And everything in between.



I ate in it often,

Slept in it occasionally,

Worked from it

And definitely played in it.



Eventually I moved on to another car,

Bigger, better, more powerful

And more in tune with where I was

But I’ll never forget Little Red as long as I live.