Final Lesson in a Car, A Car's Lucky Day

WOW Lesson Six
December 6, 2008
Dorianne

Final Lesson in a Car
Today was not the day that I expected
I sat inside my father’s old blue car.
My hand was fumbling to find the small ignition.
The streets were bare and I had to venture on.
The world was ready to see my skills that I had learned.

My foot refused to push the slim gas pedal.
My hands were like metal clamps on the steering wheel.
I drove the huge machine slowly on its short journey.
There was a red light. I had to stop. I looked all around
With my foot still frozen on the brake.
A police car stopped next to me. The light turned
Green and the policeman continued his route. I arrived at my
Destination and parked the car. I started the beginning of a fine day.

Going back the trip seemed quite so flawless. The
car obeyed my commands without a hitch..
My foot pushed just right on the gas pedal.
The car floated down the street so easily.
I got out and locked the car.
I looked back with pride and felt the
little girl had grown up and had won the day.
Topic: driving a car by myself
Theme: self-confidence
Time element: the meter represents the heartbeat of a nervous person
Selected beat: Iamb mostly
Line Length: Pentameter

A Car’s Lucky Day
The day was just so beautiful.
And the car’s tank was full of gas.
The girl walked nervously up to it alone.
She fumbled the keys, started the car
and began her trip to the store.

The car crawled down the street,
like an old insect on a stick.
She pressed the brakes more than ever before.
Her hands gripped the black steering wheel to
make no mistake. She drove straight
to the red light to stop and check
if she remembered to lock her own door.
She checked the mirror and the light turned green.

The engine’s hum gave her a little inner calmness.
She relaxed to show a brief smile. She
remembered what her confident dad had said.
The past lessons he gave were good and
He had trusted her driving all along.

She parked the old car and strode into
the store. She looked back at the machine that
Would frighten her no more.
The trip back was filled with confidence
and joy. The little girl was now a lady with flair.

Topic: a third person’s/car’s point of view of a girl’s first solo trip
Theme: self-confidence
Time element: the rhythm of the car’s engine
Selected beat: iamb
Line length: mostly tetrameter