Driving Lessons

Mother and son, a moment in time, One wants to live, the other to drive. First of firsts, young son at her wheel, Both on a journey, spanning their lives. Indian summer, bluebonnet skies, Escaping together into painted fields. One from the cage with its rigid design, And one from the sadness that family yields. Exhilaration, he drives through his fears, Faster and faster, wheels hum and glide. Silent emotion, she tempers her tears, Out on the highway they sit side by side. All those years later, with memory pure, His son sits beside him, steady and sure.