Driving; Harrows and Hallows
Going north I-45 in my Olds
On my way to work sixty miles miles per hour
Driving in the rain puddles here and there
Hydroplaned real bad car changed head to toe
That didn't last my car was in a spin
Sixty miles an hour where would it end
With cars around they slowed down gave me room
"Weird idiot driver" I'm sure they thought
Time had stalled showed to me future and past
Quickly as it started car had straightened
Sliding spinning had stopped now straight ahead
Skillful driving? I was in other hands
There's more to this tale I discovered soon
In opposite direction headed south
Same thing happened to my wife--other hands
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Poem Copyright © 2016 Jimmiehov, All Rights Reserved
I'm linked with Brendan MacOdrum at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Sunday Mini-Challenge: Harrows and Hallows (link)
Notes:
- In 1985 we purchased a used 1981 Olds Cutlass Supreme, looking exactly like the picture above, with about 49,000 miles from its original owner. We sold it for $1000 a few years later with 150,000 miles plus. Its body had developed a baseball sized hole which we kept covered with duct tape. Other than that it was still in good shape.
- During our marriage of 43 years we have never purchased a NEW car.
The terror of being saved by the bell.. To slide and almost collide.. That proximity must change a person (and it might serve a purpose)
ReplyDeleteWhew! The style of this created the fear that could be felt in such a harrowing experience!
ReplyDeleteWow! Happy you lived to tell us of this experience. Stay blessed
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Thank God for those hands! And for showing you both the miracle.
ReplyDeleteI like that in between all the fear caused by the accident, there is still the detail of people giving the speaker room. A bit of hope is always a good thing.
ReplyDeleteI remember a similar thing happening to me when I was still new-ish at driving on my way home from college during a winter storm. Your description vividly brought back that terrifying pirouette my little car made on I-80.
ReplyDeleteCrazy--it is amazing how time stops in those moments--you have captured that so well. Thanks, Jim--glad you and your wife were safe! k.
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