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Promptly Poetry #1081064 added December 12, 2024 at 5:00am
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Serendipity
Serendipity: that subtle nudge of Fate's hand
When I'm stuck in the gas station checkout lane
Ten minutes past my deadline—
It's getting dark.
Then
At a busy intersection, there's a crash;
I realize if I'd arrived ten minutes sooner, I'd be in it.
In olden days, they called it Providence
Because the Deists distanced themselves from a personal God
Yet thought it wise to attribute things to an unseen hand.
Serendipity: I see it every day in my life,
Though it's hard to put into words
Because they're such trivial things.
Being in the right place at the right time
To hear a favorite song in public;
Finding a stuffed animal on my wishlist
At a thrift store far from home;
Spotting a pretty cardinal in front of me,
While listed in my phone's "nearby WiFi:"
Angels on Earth.
Even something as unsettling as
Watching a heart-wrenching music movie
About a man facing the electric chair
Then discovering a book
Debunking the death penalty.
Love and time intersect
Weaving webs of mystery.
This is serendipity.
28 lines, 178 words.
Prompt: theme of Serendipity.
Autobiographical life experiences. The referenced music movie is Next to Me, by Imagine Dragons. The book which I found shortly after is The Biblical Truth About America's Death Penalty, by Dale S. Recinella.
Next to Me video ▼A tearjerker, don't say I didn't warn you.
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