Newbie Trucker Parking Poem by Austin Lockwood

Blind side parking in the dark
The dim contrast is anything but stark

Head out the window to gain a better view
Wishing I knew what to do

My instructor never showed me how
Yet expects me to do it now

I take time on the approach
To avoid critical reproach

There are no deadlines here
It's just me and my fear

No light to guide my trailer
I cry out in prayer

No spotter to guide in this dark hour
In this moment this job does sour

Finally lined up in perfect form
Hopefully I've reached the calm after the storm

I pull it up and guide it in
Now the celebration can begin


Inspired by a midnight phone conversation with my mother, a truck driver.