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Roadside Assistance

Compassion Is a compulsion It is that thing You can not let go It is my thirteen year old self Late for school Crushing the skull Of a snake run over Found writhing at the side of the road No creature Too low For compassion to show 6/6/2019 Compassion Poetry Contest Sponsored by Line Gauthier

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Jeanne Mcgee

Date: 6/22/2019 6:44:00 AM

Congratulations on your placement. This is compassion...no creature too low. Well done.

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/22/2019 7:01:00 AM

Thank you fellow McG! ;) xomo

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 6/9/2019 3:50:00 AM

To me that is compassion! I am so glad you came along.

Eve Roper

Date: 6/7/2019 5:46:00 PM

love it, Maureen, good luck in the contest...

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/8/2019 8:05:00 AM

Thank you Eve :) A lovely day to you! xomo <3

Rico Leffanta

Date: 6/7/2019 3:29:00 PM

Nicely done, but snakes and rabbits continue to writhe/leap about after they are dead. There are many tales of snakes snagging people after death, but their nerves do not have that cerebral input. Putting it by the side of the road may have saved the life of one or more raptors/carnivores, so well done, and good luck in the contest! Aloha! Rico

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/7/2019 3:41:00 PM

No kidding! ;D lol! Learned that the hard way. Bunnies too eh. xomo!

Jeff Connelly

Date: 6/6/2019 9:12:00 PM

Maureen, no Musa always emails, "True?" So I am asking of you. It's a shame but snakes love to bake on the road. Thinking their thoughts I'm sure they are like, "Hey they came by one day and laid down this rock that goes on for miles."

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/7/2019 7:43:00 AM

His name was Snakeroo, an albino California King snake, a constrictor, they eat rattlers :)))

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/7/2019 7:41:00 AM

All true, well, I doubt I was late for school. Funny snake thought, accurate for sure. I had a pet snake, briefly... Brought it home, and couldn't hold it without shaking- never been afraid. Realized i had a full blown anxiety disorder and dumped the boyfriend the next day (he got the snake). All true.

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 6/6/2019 6:57:00 PM

Very clever title for this; also a giving friend to animals, I see, really like this, Maureen!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/7/2019 7:37:00 AM

Thank you! I couldn't resist ;) xomo!

Timothy Mcguire

Date: 6/6/2019 6:35:00 PM

I was there with you. I felt your compassion. And you are right, even the lowliest creatures deserve compaaaion

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/7/2019 7:36:00 AM

Thank you (though, I don't really think snakes are that low;) xomo!

Juli- Michelle

Date: 6/6/2019 1:56:00 PM

All to real experience here! Glad I stopped by, a lovely write, Maureen! Love, Juli-Michelle!

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/6/2019 2:08:00 PM

I can remember it like yesterday, actually, with my brain, better than yesterday ;))) Thank you Juli-Michelle! xomo

Jan Allison

Date: 6/6/2019 1:49:00 PM

such vivid imagery Mo no idea what I would do in a similar circumstance - if it was a snake I'd probably run! great unique take on the contest theme:-) hugs jan xx

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 6/6/2019 2:06:00 PM

It is a vivid memory! Poor thing, it is really not an easy thing to do, took a few whacks ;) It is the first thing that came to mind with the prompt, such a visceral, growing experience. Thank you Jan :) xomo!