Moments
A deer ran into my car last night
Not big damage
More of a bummer
Since he knocked the shell of my mirror off
He didn’t seem too bothered by it all
He just kept cruising right along
Big head-hard head
Big horns
But it got me thinking about the almost-
How close this guy came to wrecking me
And another wreck I was witness to
Not so long ago
Like last night I was chatting away
It was a February afternoon
One of the cold ones
Where the snow had just fallen
Driving home I came to a stop
On a hill behind a couple cars
Just waiting my turn
Talking on the phone
Next thing I see
The guy in front of me
Has clipped a guy turning next to me
And he’s turning over
Yes he’s on his side rolling toward me
Well of course I excuse myself from the call
And pull ahead so as not be collateral damage
Whew that was close
So as I jumped on top of this guy’s car
Prying open the door
So he can climb out like an astronaut
I’m thinking, well that could have been ugly
Just like last night
It was close-
I lost a little body trim
But I didn’t kill a deer-
And he didn’t kill me
And sometimes that’s how close you come
To having everything change in a moment-
And I’m thankful that nothing changed
Because things are a-ok just the way they are