For My Wife

THE DARLING BUDS OF JANUARY

 

Somewhere between Collingwood and Takaka

I watched the paddocks skim by

As you drove my Corolla -

I didn’t know then

That you drive an automatic with two feet.

 

Shall I compare thee to that summer’s day

Or simply say

That you are the Love of My Life?

And add that

I avoid watching the brake and the accelerator.