"I'll take the front end if you like, OK, one...two...three..."
We heaved the lifeless beauty to the side of the road, me and a man with a mohican. I looked at her eye, now gone, and touched her warm body - inwardly thanking her for making the world a more beautiful place.
In a moment, a second, a wrong decision - the young deer died crossing the road. In a moment, if life had been 3 seconds slower, the woman wouldn't have smashed her Mercedes. She stood in shock at the side of the road, shaking and near tears - her own life saved, a car and a deer gone. In a second.
I think all three of us took time to contemplate the fragilty of life this morning, waiting for the police on Christmas Eve.
Oh goodness how sad, how fragile, how poignant. Hope you are all ok Xx
ReplyDeleteYes thank you, everyone was OK. Some things just jolt you into not taking it all for granted. xx
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