This Hero

It’s been almost two months since we parted ways. This Hero had been such a trusted, faithful element of my life. Never letting up when needed, never complained when overworked or perhaps neglected, and never disappointed despite its ilk receiving the worst of criticisms.

In our final moments with each other, my thoughts reeled high with emotion. Of eight years of frequent excursions and explorations, often with music blaring from its system and accompanied by my way off-pitch vocals. Of its engine revving so enthusiastically while mine, at the end of an arduous work day, goes into semi-hibernation. Of it being a part of one adventurous episode after another,
manoeuvring the troughs and peaks of my life’s highway.

I had told myself it is not a living being and as such would not require my bidding it goodbye while saying “thanks for everything” with a handshake or a hug as human decorum dictates. But as I turned my back from it for the last time, I felt it deserved much more than that... I sincerely hope it will be well taken care, so that it continues to be the best 4-wheeled Hero on the road, as its name has implied.