Yesterday (true story) I was up on a stool
Rearranging about thirty books
On a single recently painted shelf
When suddenly
– C – R – A – C – K – !!!
The shelf broke
Knocked me off the stool
Books came tumbling down
I came tumbling down
Inches away from a plate-glass table
Books on top of me
Shelf on top of me
My first coherent thought was
“I’m not hurt!”
How’s that possible?
“Oh, it be!” said God.
My head had landed, like I said,
Inches from the glass table!!!
There had been too many books
For that kind of shelf.
(I was so glad it happened to me
And not to a guest.)
All through the day I kept hearing
“I’m not hurt! I’m not hurt!”
Then God told me to examine the evidence:
Three nasty bruises and one scrape
But zero pain and
Great thankfulness.