Safety Zone

The labor had started

long before the trip to the emergency room.

She gave one final push

before the delivery.

so hard,

that she forgot to breathe.

Then out he came, 

popping out, really,

like a cannon ball.

A sudden surprise of placenta and baby.

The hush was palpable...

he wasn't crying.

Not a sound.

She strained to hear.

Something.

SOMEthing,

but there was nothing,

just the anxious voice of the

doctor pleading,

"C'mon, little guy,

"BREATHE!"

"God With Skin On"

My group is like that,

My friends in Raleigh

Sometimes I struggle

with the idea of God.

Where is he is in life?

He is with me and guiding me now.

He is in my friends when

we share openly, without

any need to impress.

It's good to be open.

With no worries that what I say 

will be repeated.

God is with me and

guiding me now.

He has protected me.

I have coped.

Coped like 

the bridge that hangs

securely over the

crevices,

until I'm safe on

the other side.

[wow, my house sold about a month after this was published!]