And the Gold Goes To

( off the cuff )

my silver Citroen
my Picasso off the open road
how well you have served by miles
it’s almost twenty years since
we were first introduced
when i glanced your way
on the forecourt standing

how you enticed me to take a ride
sleek and gleaming
polished to perfection
you have been a constant
in my thankful life
taking me from a to b
In times of happiness and joy
in times of sadness and misery

you have been a comfort
and a friend
you have cushioned me
while i cried
been silent while i cursed
and never chastised me
when i sang too loud and off key

your roomy boot never groaned
as I stuffed you full of bagged shopping
and neither did I hear you moan
when I bought the garden
centre back home
compost spilling
plants stretching your patience
it’s time to say farewell
and i do so with a heartfelt sigh
and a tear in both of my grey eyes

Reviews

[red93]

Fabulous Chris - I guess some Cars can be like much loved Pets - but so so useful and convenient for all sorts of Journeys. You capture this so well. Exceptional ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you Tony. It’s going to be a wrench parting ways with my old car at the end of the month. What a fabulous and reliable friend it’s been to me. Can’t complain at all. Pleased you enjoyed my off the cuff poem. Hope you have less rain than we have. Currently pouring yet again. Happy Sunday.

Chris

[red93]

We had a day's respite from the rain here yesterday Chris - but it has returned with a vengeance today - absolutely chucking it down here atm ! Happy Sunday to you as well x ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

[Lorry]

I had an Audi A4 when I first moved to the countryside and although it was great in the cities, I soon traded it in for a van that could handle the bumps and bruises of countryside roads a bit better than my "having a temperature tantrum Audi" every time I went up a country lane.
So although I love your piece about that love that people feel for their transport, I only have eyes for my van now! 😀
Plus, im more used to it because I drive a similar type for my work too, although I do promise it every time I drive that my work van doesn't mean a thing to me and that im only happy with her (the van) and yes, i call her "the van" because im not some weird that calls their wheels a woman's name. (Well, not in front of anyone anyway. That is a secret between me and Uma... I mean, my van) 😀

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[Chris Shaw]

Thanks Lorry, for sharing your van. It’s going to be a real wrench to part company with my old car, but it has reached the time where it is not cost effective to keep it on the road. It’s been a great car. End of the month and she goes. Have a happy Sunday. Still pouring wuth rain here.

Chris

[Lorry]

I am over it all now. I even bought the same van i use for work, because im just used to it now. Plus it has a massive boot, which is the entire back of the van! I even have racks and cases to stock all the shopping safely. I don't know how I managed without it. You should maybe buy a more up to date Citreon Picasso because anything else would just feel weird.

[Chris Shaw]

Not sure yet what to do. Pondering :)

[Soren]

Lovely Chris and such a coincidence in that I just wrote a poem on the same subject CAR OF RUST you might want to take a look. Loved this poem Chris it spoke to me. It is highly sentimental and although quite literal it may be a metaphor as well. Love is a strange thing be it for object of person

[Chris Shaw]

Thanks Soren. About to part company with my old car and it’s going to be a wrench:) Pleased you enjoyed my off the cuff tribute to my Citroen. I’ll look out for your car poem. Have a good Sunday.

Chris

[Soren]

You are most welcome Cris I will look forward to your read of that jalopy of a poem

[Michael Sun Bear]

First off, the fact that you have not only been driving, but have been in love with a Citroen, makes you an intriguing woman (but maybe I’m just biased due to the fact they are very rare here in the states, Citroens, not women). Next, being a real car person, I love a poem dedicated to a car. I truly love my current car a Golf R, but an early love was a turbo Saab. In your usual manner, which seems to be of such ease, you have illuminated an ordinary thing, imbued it with all those memories, and created a really great poem.

[Chris Shaw]

Hello Michael, pleased you like my old car tribute. We are going to be parting ways at the end of the month and I know it will be a wrench. Looking for another car. This one has been a gem. So reliable. Hope your Golf continues to please. Have a good Sunday.

Chris