Just hours ago I got an unpleasant call
My sister's voice sounding rather raw.

"Have you heard from Mom today? "No" I replied,
Try as she did - not to, she broke and cried.

"Dad's been in a wreck.....but he's alive!"
"Don't you worry now,.... he did survive!"

The details began to pour out like soured cream
A sudden surreal moment that seemed like a dream.

A sudden stop of traffic brought him to a halt!
A situation for which he was certainly not at fault!

From behind, a 'Big Rig' - with no time to respond
twas on top of his rig like water on a pond!

Returning from Colorado with my cousin on board,
Pick-up filled with cousin's possessions restored.

Hauling a trailer of my cousin's, carrying his boat,
Just hoping for another chance to put it afloat.

After today's events of nearly losing their lives,
They're both blessed now to be home with their wives!

The boat and the trailer - pulverized! A pile of scrap!
The bed of my dad's truck - now as flat as cow crap!

Had it not been for the trailer loaded with the boat,
and all of cousin's 'stuff' stacked like cattails in a mote,

That Big 18 Wheeler would have done more damage still
like a carnivorous animal looking for it's prey to kill.

But, as the Good Lord above looked down on the pair.
Twas His good pleasure for their lives to spare.

Their lives were saved today by a most unusual cushion,
a trailer, with a boat stopped DEATH from it's pushin!