A New Car Poem by Bernard Kennedy

Glistening and clean and exciting,
the car evokes a sadness of previous way, and
now newness gets a chance to start again.
Not just a car, a machine- but
people sought and gatherings attended and
holidays taken in the older one. Excitement lived
and part of life like a parcel opened up and seen.
Laughter and sadness felt, and growing up
has driven on. And mileage of experience
and fun and frame- like a picture.
This new car, other newer blessing all to come,
and all to be enjoyed more deeply,
because the road was travelled in the older one.
The compass set, the steering strong,
and roads familiar in this newer style.