OldCar

I have a friend 
who’s an old car
familiar just not reliable 
newness has worn off 
leaving me with ordinary 
a staple a thing 
that much like me 
carries around joyful memories 
and has begun needing 
more maintenance more time 
away in the shop 
getting tinkered and poked 
and prodded with possibility 
of it being this 
or maybe even that 
and now this last
time it went away
it returned to me 
accepting that it was 
just another old car
whose miles were behind 
and no longer ahead