A woman stands on the side of the road
\nNot on the side walk but not quite in the street
\nStanding on the gutter\u2019s front step
\nShe is motionless as cars streak past in a blur
\nThey do not stop for her, they don\u2019t even see her
\nAs she stands on the edge of their awareness
\nBut very much in the middle of her own mind
\nShe watches the cars as they past
\nYou can see her lips move but they make no noise
\nMaybe she is asking them to slow down
\nMaybe she is asking them to speed up
\nOr maybe she is asking for a prayer
\nTo save her soul for what she is about to do<\/p>\n
She closes her eyes and takes a step away from the side walk
\nOne step closer to the street
\nOne step farther away from the world she once knew
\nThen another and another and still the cars don\u2019t stop
\nShe can no longer hear them
\nJust feel them as their tires reverberate on the blacktop
\nLike the hum of a hummingbird only inches from her ears
\nShe will not stop for them she has someone she must meet
\nShe is dancing with death, her feet flat on the ground
\nStill she keeps moving as the cars get closer and closer
\nAs she moves farther and farther away from the curb
\nUntil she is in the middle of the road<\/p>\n
She turns and faces traffic and opens her eyes
\nTo a bright light encompassing her
\nFor a single moment she can feel God
\nShe opens her arms to embrace it with a soft smile
\nAs the car slams on its brakes and stops
\nOnly inches from her face
\nShe heaves a heavy sign not of fear but relief
\nShe lowers her arms slowly with a little smile on her face
\nThen turns away and begins to walk the other direction
\nContinuing her crusade across black top
\nWith the remembrance of the lights
\nThat had so recently filled her mind
\nShe held that little moment deep within her heart<\/p>\n
A moment where she and death almost touched hands
\nShe had seen him stretching out his long bony fingers
\nTo graze against her face, cool and smooth
\nOnly to be pulled away at the last moment
\nIt was also a moment
\nWhere she stood within arms reach of God
\nClose enough to brush her fingers against his outstretched palm
\nBoth stood on one side of the street
\nSeparated by cars, by busy people
\nUnaware of whom they were in the presence of
\nShe held both their hands for a moment
\nAnd walked away unscathed but with a new smile
\nThat held death and god on each corner
\nAs she walked away from that road
\nFrom one side walk to another
\nShe had met death and god
\nAnd walked away from both<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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