Kyviv Truck Driver

Opiyo Oundo 1982 (Kenya)



Vroom!broom! Truck blast off; tables, beds amid barriers it speeds off
 Hush tones, grumpy faces, brooding passengers ;the truck crawls on
To sit up, to listen, the creepy sirens, the air-raid terrors;'that's not my world'
Vrooming the engine, one giggle of joy;quick in a flash, truck lifted to basements
 Fear, terror, huddles and whispers; passengers gather together
Vroom! Broom! New lanes, bombed lanes; the driver giggles on
Hard on gas, kindergarten bag on back; belly, knees, dusty with dust
 A siren goes on, a wheel goes missing; a suckle for a sleep

Vroom!Broom! No more kindergarten mornings,a sandwich in cold, three wheels on ;the driver giggles on
New day, new joy; driver songbirds the alphabets-freezing passengers too, need hope
Shelling after shells, vroom turns kaboom; terror and dust, peepholes the shelter
 From debris and rubble, the driver resurrects ; a wailing face, another wheel lost
 'What a journey!' a dusty grin, a suckle for a sleep.

Vroom!Broom! Morning of smoke; from shelter to shelters, from Kyiv lanes to Kharkiv lanes
 Cold and freezing, the driver drives on; wondering in confusion; 'passengers asleep , snowed on road-side? '
The world and its bombshells; all this noise , the driver, finds weird
 A grin, a giggle with alphabets; a hope to the passengers
 Sirens and sirens, gunshots  and bombshells ; in between luggage and boots, the driver is hard on gas
 Third wheel goes missing; a suckle for a sleep

 Vroom! Broom! Morning is hope; a newborn screams, driver halt in haste
 A look at passengers, a glimpse at a bundle of joy; the driver giggles on - 'hope is bomblessy'
 Kaboom! Kaboom! The last wheel crumbles, the shelter crumbles, the driver crumbles
Covering the truck, tiny hands gripping the wheel; the last grin is intact
The bundle of joy cries, assurance to driver; the truck will vroom on

About this poem

A 2022 poem about traumas of bombings and hope that time heals all wounds.

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Written on March 01, 2022

Submitted by OpiyoOundo on September 12, 2022

Modified by OpiyoOundo on September 12, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXBCAXD AXCXD XXXXXD XBXXA
Characters 1,861
Words 325
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 5, 6, 5

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