In response to today's prompt, write a poem about finding something unexpected.
Complete Stop
I wasn’t expecting
the car on my right
to run the stop sign,
blazing through the
intersection at 40 mph.
I wasn’t expecting
to get hit and
flip sideways
spinning in circles,
sliding down the road.
I wasn’t expecting
we’d remain so calm,
asking each other
how we were doing
as we twirled around.
I wasn’t expecting
to walk from the scene
with my son and dog,
though my wife
needed some help.
Two months later,
I wasn’t expecting
to still feel the impact
and flinch at
a flash of bright light.