I passed an accident today

I passed an accident today
on my way to church

cars were scattered
everywhere

I wondered
whose plans
were interrupted

whose lives
were changed

my truck drove
over broken glass

a symbol

of the brokeness
of lives
when there is
pain, maybe death

I spoke a prayer
for the unseen
victims of this
perilous event

going home
an hour later
traffic was
backed up
for miles

many more lives
interrupted

it is times
like these
that we are
reminded
how

c + o + n+ n+ e+ c+ t+ e+ d

we are to
one another

as we wait

to resume
whatever
had us traveling

on that same
road