The Accident
A poem about transmuting difficulties into strengths
The Accident
A day of revelry is planned,
A journey out across the land,
Entering the forest, going deep,
Suddenly, tripping over a heap.
The trip results in a spill,
Falling down the side of a hill,
Finding ourselves lost, hurt and alone,
Despair grows, all hope seems thrown.
One leg is bloodied, all cut and bruised,
Focus on the injury, precious time ill-used,
Upon the realisation of this truth,
We take action, become like a sleuth.
Just over the next hill do we find,
A world hidden away from mankind,
This world so magical and bright,
A world which is truly man’s birthright.
Upon entering this vibrant place,
The locals welcome us with kind-face,
A hidden helping hand did guide,
Us to a place where we could abide.
In this place there did occur,
A healing of the injury which we did incur,
Once the healing was done and through,
Some time spent in this magical land anew.
In this land we did find,
A peace and harmony for body and mind,
Something so pure and innocent,
A place we can always return to in an instant.
Returning home after what occurred prior,
Deep contemplation internally did transpire,
This accident which occurred out of the blue,
In the end was the beginning of something new.
Something which before to us was concealed,
Because of this accident was now happily revealed,
Brought to the fore, and revealed by the fall,
This accident did not occur by chance at all!
