'Mid Trap'
I fear this moment
that is where she is
unknowingly standing
still somewhat young
adrift, alone
eager
searching for
a wholly uncertain foothold
in this baffling scaffold of
adulthood
a guide of sorts she needs
to assist her upon
her purpose's path
yet blind to the dangers
of intersecting with
a man much older than herself
with a recently revealed felony past
others too in my presence
sound the same alarms
in each others ears
what to do
the anvil is falling so very near us
great catastrophe or remarkable
opportunity
lunges out to be realized
I am leery for her less than clear
immediate future
in selfless prayer
I whisper my worries to God
and ask him to keep her safe
in the open palm of his all loving hand.......
(Sept 20, 2015 137pm)
Author's Notes/Comments:
I wrote this in worry about a not quite 30 year old fellow employee whom I learned was leaving town with another much older co worker. There were other things I learned that gave me pause to worry for her safety. As one of my other co workers said he didn't feel it was his place to tell her of that other co worker's past and I knew I had no say in any of that but I felt very uneasy about it all. I hardly know the girl but what I knew of her I liked. She came off as a bit millennial ( I mean this by a typical type of person in the mid to late 20s always on their phone obsessed with face book and the like less likely to talk face to face with real people) but otherwise she seemed alright maybe a bit naive and that I guess is what worried me along with the information I was given about the older man in question.It just dredged up this sense of fear so I prayed later that day that God would keep her safe and help her to make the right decisions for herself. This poem was born of that conversation and subsequent worry i'd been feeling all that day.
