Immanent Yet Transcendent
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It was finally a sunny day after all the rain.
Jeff Smith climbed back on his tractor again,
Monday and the soft ground, was now mud.
He hoped to pull that stump out with a thud.
His mud-caked boot slipped off the clutch.
The tractor lurched and backflipped as such.
It now landed full force on Jeff’s chest.
Laid in the soft mud, calling “save me” at his best.
His two girls off for a walk, soon would’ve been,
Out of ear shot and way too far to be seen.
Hearing their Dad’s yells, they hurried to the scene.
Transcendence set in and the two girls lifted it clean.
Over one and a half ton pressing down on his chest.
Haylee 14 and Hannah 16 with all their might not less,
Lifted that tractor til he managed to escape its hold.
Bruised, broken ribs, their dad will live to grow old.
Medics say another few minutes his ribs would collapse.
He would have died, there was no “perhaps”
Some say an adrenalin rush, superhuman strength.
It is beyond the normal or physical level at any length.
What happened on that day in 2013 Minnesota USA
There is no one that could explain it away.
Spiritual power to achieve, was within each girl at that time.
Not from muscle strength, intrinsic, in their minds, most sublime.
. Immanent Yet Transcendent.
Copyright © Speaks Volumes | Year Posted 2023
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