Things happen, life can change in a moment, they say carpe diem- seize the day. I had an escape in 2011 which got me thinking.

Appointment

Lycra to skin, oil to chain

Pedal to cleat, ready to strain

Full steam ahead on the old railway track

Bath to Bristol- there and back

 

Crossings, cuttings, stations past

Tunnels, bridges closing fast

Fast to the appointed time

When suddenly across the line

A canine dashed and struck the wheel

A new appointment now revealed

 

Reflecting on a helmet broken

Bruised, battered pride awoken

Why that hound came out just then

Is only known to God not men

For in his care and destiny

Prevent a greater calamity?