Silent Saviours

We rushed out of doors To find a young lass on the crossroads Lying helplessly in pain With a scooter toppled Over her injured self A car had knocked her down And sped off with disheartening speed She was breathing and I put my hand Under her head to comfort As my husband dislodged Her from the scooter and we Brought her home and laid her on bed Cleaned her wounds and called her parents A smile curled up their worried faces At God's grace A decade later on the highway My husband's car crashed into a tree While saving a running dog Stuck between a jammed steering wheel and seat He lay bleeding and mutilated A saviour stopped and dislodged him Took him to a nearby hospice Not a penny stolen from his heavy pocket He handed over everything of value That he could gauge from the car Leaving as silently as he had entered into our lives No name no identity no trace of himself The hospital contacted us from his diary Everything fitted in as if planned by bigger hands His angels are everywhere Even in places notorious for robbing and killing March 5, 2016 Contest: What Goes Up, Must Come Down Sponsor: Catie Lindsey