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Driving test
A haiku with a quiet reflection
driving test —
his lifelong friend
the dandelion
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Some companions arrive quietly and never really leave. The dandelion is there in childhood verges, playground cracks, untidy gardens and roadside grass, asking nothing except to be noticed.
On the day of a driving test, with nerves tightening around every decision, it appears once again — unchanged, familiar, almost reassuring in its ordinary persistence. There is comfort in recognizing something that has travelled beside us through every stage of growing up.
While life keeps asking us to prove ourselves and move on to the next milestone, the little yellow flower remains faithfully where it has always been. Perhaps that is why it feels less like a weed than an old friend, reminding us that not everything changes when we do.
First published on NaHaiWriMo.
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