Pie of Life

Pie of Life

 Tried to swallow the pie, almost greedily, whole.

Not what I had seen;

Not what I’d been told.

 

Thought, “If good with one bite

surely whole’s … ‘Outta sight!’

More simply put it'll be:

 

'Dynamite!'”

 

The experience,

 

immediately, I found,

 

almost took me out.

Placed me cold in the ground.

 

“Painful!  Can’t swallow!”

 

Choking. . . Can’t holler.

 

A hard slap on the back,

ultimately, saved my life.

 

*

 

Did I curse the hand for its degree of force?

 

No, I instantly Thanked the new friend,

 

as a matter of course.

 

Though walking by—a stranger, indeed,

He knew what I needed. . .

 

Assistance.

 

His admonition in future I heeded.

 “Enjoy the pie, guy!”

Enjoy it you should. . .

Just one bite at a time;

 For Only

This Way

Is
Good.”

 

Phil. 1:9, 10; Matt. 6:33, 34; Matt. 6:9, 10.