In an instant
Things can change
When something happens and causes
Your whole life to rearrange
Just when the road ahead
Seems smooth and straight
She steps in
The hand of fate
An accident at work or on the road
Even on holiday
You nearly drown, get caught in a bushfire or
Are struck by lightening,
Or get caught in an affray
Just being at the wrong time in the wrong place
Can leave you with hours, days or a lifetime
Of misery to face
So grab each precious moment
And hold it extra tight
For you never know what will happen
Today, tomorrow or even tonight
I should add to this poem that you could catch Covid, become a close contact or like that poor woman, Sue Cobham who died when a Norfolk Pine fell on her at a carpark just down the road from us at the Narrabeen Surf Club – just at the wrong place at the wrong time.
