Revelation

There's always a risk in life,
always a cliff to almost fall
off of, or a robbery almost
to be caught in. But life
can't flash before your eyes
until you have been in the
middle of a drive by.

Something watches over us,
as a car chase turns into a crash
morphs into a gun fight
on your usual walk to work.
And after the fact, when you
realize that you were almost there
had you not taken a different path,

something stops you and makes you
begin to take in the thought of life
being so precious, so valuable,
every second. Appreciate every
little moment, every minute
of who you're with or what
you're doing. Because once you're
faced with that car chase
or the robbery or the cliff,
you'll have spent your life right.