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Thank God Im Still Here

there was high winds blowing at the end of the day so we had to secure the pipe so it wouldnt blow away pulling on the comealong with all my might i think the chain snapped cause it wasnt fixed right ... backwards i stumbled very scared as that beam slammed in the back of my head knowing i was a hunderd and twenty feet off the ground i tryed to grab hold to anything around unduncontroling flipping over the gaurd reel thank God almighty i went through the stairwell way up there all i could do is scream falling fifty feet down hitting beam after beam trying to grab on anything i can to live hitting the first beam and breaking my ribs then i heard this awful crack as i flipped over and hit the next one in the middle of my back i had that beam but lost my grip bam! the next beam right on my hip still very awake hoping this would come to a halt i land face first on a steel catwalk then i hear voices comming from way up high yelling dont move im trying to figure out why i hear my brotherin law sounding like he wanna cry i look to the left and say whats that? he says your eye as the pain hits i realize im still alive i hear someone say i dont know how he survived with so much time passin i began to panic then minutes later i hear the paramedics yellin we cant get this gurnny up those stairs we're going to have to carrie him from way up there four guys hoist me up thank God they were stout because it was at that moment when i passed out i awaken at the hospital cause the light was so bright i see my wife cryin and screaming is he gone be alright i try to listen with blood drizzling from my ear the doctor tells her maam we cant do nothing for him here as i passed out i assume they took immediate actions from what i hear they helicoppered me all the way to jackson i soon awake after all the sugeries and things. doctors saying im lucky after a few broken bones &losing my kidney and spleen i see all my family with tears in their eyes mom thanking god i was still alive my wife standing with a face full of cheer also thanking god that im still here people look at me now and say youre so lucky i think how odd for i know i would not be here i not for God

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Date: 12/9/2011 10:42:00 AM
Thank you for sharing your writing with us today Robert. Love, Carol
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