Night Crash

• Isabel Ryan, Grade 8, Loreto College
• Poetry
• 2017

Excellence Award in the 'Spread The Word 2017' competition

As I get ready to leave for the day,I grab my keys and drive away.The sunshine shimmers on my shiny car and the wheels run over the sticky tar.

As I drive deep through the countryside I see a rabbit scurry of and hide.The air is fresh as a flower blooming and in the sky no clouds were looming.

Soon the ocean comes into view and I hear a pedestrians voice 'YAHOO'. I'm halfway to my destination, all the way across the nation.

I am getting closer now,when I hear a nearby cat meow.The sun is setting and welcoming night,but the sudden darkness gives me a fright.

My silver car slides round the bend and I worry that my life will end. After that it was a bumpy ride until my car rolled on its side

Faintly I see flashing lights and I realise I'm afraid of heights.I'm being carried in the air,there I am a crying bear.

Next thing I know I am in the hospital
and standing there is my dad, the Constable.
Wondering how I got into strife,but thankful I still have my life.