Ode To A Broken Truck (poem) by karen l logan on AuthorsDen

Ode To A Broken Truck
by karen l logan → (All Poetry by karen l logan)
Rated "G" by the Author.

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I wrote this after I bought a used 18 wheeler. I was going into business for myself. But within the first week I was driving it, the think fell apart. I was seriously broken and it took three plus weeks and five thousand dollars later. So I sat down and wrote this.
*Here I sit* *facing yet another day.* *Dreams of comfort* *escape my captivated eye.* *I can see in my minds eye* *wistful bliss* *for a fleeting moment* *and then,* *a roadblock,* *a hurdle,* *a storm blowing through,* *grabs me* *and back to my ever vigilant* *exhausting reality* *cooks my Christmas goose* *and here I sit.* *Here I sit* *pondering the future .* *Once more* *a familiar friend,* *an untamed heart,* *my tormented soul,* *has captured my dreams* *and placed them* *on a stoop,* *at the top of the stairs,* *behind a glass door,* *just beyond reach,* *but in captivating view.* *Unable* *to find the key* *here I sit.* *Here I sit* *lifting the veil* *to a hidden agenda.* *Finding the map* *to the top of the stairs* *has become my lifes* *passion,* *that which marks my existance,* *feathers my bed,* *brings light to the visions* *Dancing among the cinders,* *warming my heart,* *so here I sit.* *Here I sit* *pondering,* *what is it* *keeping my fire* *warming the heart* *pumping life through* *my earthly body* *and driving my soul,* *why* *is it* *here I sit?*

Reviewed by Laura Fall

Reviewed on February 5, 2011

Loved it Karen well done!your friend Laura

Reviewed by Regis Auffray

Reviewed on January 30, 2011

This reminds me of my dad's first car purchased from a "friend." It was sadly in need of repairs that were not immediately obvious. Thanks for sharing, Karen. Love and best wishes,

Regis

Reviewed by D Johnson

Karen, I thought that same thing when I was in college and the transmission, clutch and rear axle went out on my 1940 Ford Pick-up...dang thing was reaally pretty but dead on arrival.

Cheers,
Dan

Reviewed by J. Allen Wilson

This is excellent...all this poetry captured from the demise of a truck...beautiful

Allen