Today's Ethical ELA prompt asked us to write a "cause and effect poem" about how good may arise from or in spite of bad. I wasn't sure, but then I remembered the green motorcycle that took my breath away as it sped past weaving between cars.....
Most mornings I saw
A fluorescent green bike weaving
Dangerously between
Fast moving cars,
A human leaning low
Keeping any human resistance
To the bare minimum,
Learning to the side
Flying between rocky cliffs
To get to wherever,
Leaning to the heavens
To provide guidance.
One morning, I realized I had not seen
The heart stopping weaving mirage
For a long while.
I wondered, I hoped the green bike,
The death-defying driver were OK,
I said a prayer.
Many mornings later, a headline,
A glimpse of a mangled motorcycle,
Life changing injuries,
Reckless driving changed his course,
Artificial limbs, replacing originals,
Hand controls, replacing antics,
Skin graphs, replacing youthful features.
That morning, I realized he was
Changing lives, hopefully.
Presenting, now, to schools,
Warning, now, to young ones,
Providing, now, guidance
From the heavens.
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