Drive with care.

Driving can be frustrating

Drive with care

I've reached a conclusion if I want to stay alive
I am going to have to discontinue to drive
What was once a pleasure has rapidly elapsed
Obeying the law appears to have collapsed
If the speed limit is thirty I abide by the law
But the action of some drivers tightens my jaw
Whether it be forty or fifty I will never exceed
I am continually overtaken by cars that speed
Drivers give me looks that are filled with scorn
I was driving a car long before they were born
I think they believe my car has a malfunction
But I always catch them up at the next junction
What do they gain? It just causes great tension
There are a few good drivers, too few to mention
Their argument is that they will be late for work
That is no reason to drive like someone berserk
If they set their alarms and left their home early
Police couldn't grab them by the old short and curly
The situation has worsened over the last few years
Where driving was a pleasure it now causes fears
Driving like maniacs has gone way beyond the maxi'
From now on I have decided to travel by taxi.

 

Rod Broomham.  (c)

 

 

 

Reviews

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Nice write, Rod.....

A very relevant theme to our modern societies. Everyone is in such a hurry to reach their destinations nowadays that what you described in your poem has become the norm. Lunatics reign on the roads, all huffy and ready to resort to road rage at the slightest temptation. The days of a simple horn toot are long gone!

Your poem is well written, well rhymed and flows fluently with humour to its conclusion. Nice work.

[matelotrod]

I guess we just have to accept that times change, when I was a youngster not too many people had a car now every family has at least two and the roads seem to be smaller. that's life. Rod.

[kitty]

Been tempted myself to use public transport but the comfort of my own form outweighs the worry of waiting in queues in all sort of weather! I fully understand the anger felt at those whiz kids though.

[matelotrod]

I have given up worrying about it Kitty, life changes every day and I just get into a really irritating mood every time I am swiftly overtaken in speed reduced areas. We don't have enough police to sort it out. Take care Rod.

[kitty]

The 'daring' but careless upstarts give rise to anger in us oler and more experienced drivers. We can only shake a fist, I am afraid. They go on regardles!

[lightsong]

This happens all over the world! You don't want to meet some of the drivers we have here (I doubt they know of the real driving anything!), I wonder, if the taxi driver turns to be a manic one too, then what we will do 😱

[matelotrod]

I suppose we have to accept that things are changing all the time and to be honest I feel that we are going to be ruined by motor exhausts causing climate change problems. Thanks for reading, I am slowly getting the measure of this Writers café and beginning to enjoy it. take care Rod.

[lightsong]

I'm happy to hear that You're enjoying the site, all the best :)