mighty oak branch
mighty oak branch October 10, 1992 side-by-side we stare up the heft, the weight he flings the string saw third try over, I catch my end pull! he calls saw gnawing through pull! I cry the rending crack branch’s butt-end strike slammed off my feet agonizing breath odd cast of light twigs graze my cheek my husband’s shout he’s by my side am I going to die? stretcher to the van urgent whispers each stabbing inhale every pebble on the pavement CT hums surgeon says broken, bleeding inside widow-makers, those saws my sis, my son his bone-white face I wonder, where’d they come from? the surgeon snaps, theater STAT
And the light shines through the crack - what a powerful illustration of how life changes in an instant!
Soooo...grateful you're still here...still with us! That you survived "the rending crack!"