In Distress

Today I lost my focus for a bit, and decided to dash this off to entertain my wife.

A two-lane highway

Snakes past the home.

With elderly neighbors

We're mostly alone.

Cars passing by? Well,

There's not much we hear.

But the trucks as they brake,

Ah, that catches the ear.

The worst are responders

And the sirens that blare:

If you aren't quite ready

They'll give you a scare.

It jangles my nerves

When I'm trying to write,

And may wake us both up

When we're down for the night.

Yet whenever we hear that

Cacophonous mess

A siren means someone

Is now in distress.

So if you hear a siren

And you're out anywhere,

Consider that someone is

In need of a prayer.

Just think of that person

And what the sound means.

Take time for a prayer

And put God on the scene.