An Unexpected Expadition
IT WAS A NIGHT FULL OF EXCITEMENT,
JOY, FUN AND LAUGHTER
FRIENDLY FACES GREETED US
AND THE SMILES WERE ENDLESS
WITHOUT US KNOWING
SOMEONE WAS WATCHING OVER US…
AFTER A NIGHT TO REMEMBER –
THAT SOMEONE TOOK US ON AN EXPADITION…
IT WAS COLD
AND THE ROAD WAS WET
OUR EXPADITION TURNED
OUT TO BE VERY JOLTING…
ALL OF A SUDDEN…
WE SAW IT COMING TOWARDS US
OUR MINDS HAD A GLIMPSE
OF NEAR DEATH
WE HEARD SCREECING BREAKS, WINDOWS BREAKING
AND THE SOUND OF … FEAR, SHOCK
AND DISSOLUTION
IT WAS LIKE THE SOUND OF WAR
WE SWERVED OUT, DODGING THE
PIECES OF CONCRETE
WITH MY PULSE RAISING AND
MY HEART THOBING I CAME
TO REALIZE THAT I HAD TO
CHEACK IF THERE WERE NO
CRITICAL INJURED PEOPLE
MY BODY WAS FROZEN BUT MY MIND
STAYED CLEAR
WE HELPED THE DRIVER TO STAY
CALM UNTILL THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED
AFTER THAT WE CONTINUED
OUR JOURNY BACK TO OUR DESTANATION
BUT OUR EXCITEMENT TURNED INTO SHOCK,
OUR JOY INTO SADNESS, OUR FUN SPOILED
AND SILENCE TOOK AWAY
OUR LAUGHTER
WE CAME TO REALIZE THAT
GOD WAS THE ONE WATCHING
OVER US AND THAT OUR LIVES
WERE SPARED
HE TOOK US ON AN EXPADITION NEVER TO BE
FORGOTTEN BUT KNOWING
THAT HE IS ALWAYS WITH
US KEEPING US SAFE FROM
UNEXPECTED EXPADITIONS
Copyright © Melissa Enslin | Year Posted 2011
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