I had a strong presentiment <br /> I would meet with an accident. <br />If I drove home my usual way <br /> and that my life would end this day. <br /> <br />A flash of foresight granted me? <br />or merely serendipity. <br />I do not know but I was sure <br /> I had to take the long detour. <br /> <br />I saw the scene so vividly <br /> A car crushed beneath a fallen tree. <br />I am not superstitious <br /> but this warning was obvious. <br /> <br />I pulled into the first lay by. <br /> I did not stop to wonder why <br />I was convinced that it was right <br /> to take a different route that night. <br /> <br />I drove along the way I’d come <br />and took the scenic route back home. <br />My wife was in a worried state <br /> when I arrived home safe but late. <br /> <br />She’s heard the news on the T.V., <br /> a car crushed by a fallen tree <br />About the time I should have been <br />driving near that fatal scene. <br /> <br />I had been granted a reprieve <br />by kindly fate we both believe. <br />That flash of foresight saved my life <br /> and brought me safe home to my wife. <br /> <br />I can’t explain it, do not try <br /> although sometimes I wonder why <br />I did not die beneath that tree <br /> as I was meant to: Who saved me. <br /> <br />20-Dec-07<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/who-saved-me/
