Nightmares Are So Common! Poem by PARTHA SARATHI PAUL

Gosh! the car is not going well.
It`s going too slow.
Bother! the accelerator is not working.
My goodness! this is GT road;
a thoroughfare with zooming vehicles.
A jumbo ten wheelers whizzed past;
this limping Zen had me almost crushed!
All nail-biting seconds whisper prayers.
The steering applies presence of mind;
the small wheels obey in no time.
My darling pulls out for a while,
off the road just to pull at some life breaths
and she is now pulling away with the grand
road under her circular feet to vie with nippy air!