The Shepherd's Staff

By D.R.Ruhweza

(Inspired by true events)

Stuck in the crevice

Sometimes bleating

Sometimes unaware

Yet danger lurks

Crounching

Ready to pounce

The Shepherd's Staff

Guiding

Protecting

Waves off the thicket

Shoos away the menace

The Shepherd's Staff

Hooks around my neck

Drags me away from the slippery slope

Back into the safety of His arms

Am safe

Yet again

Am wondering -

How does He notice 

My drifting away

My meandering

My Wondering

My carelessness

Just in time

Always in time

Saved by the Bell

Saved by Grace

Saved!

Like the moth

To deadly fire

Like the carnivore

To Blood

Like the Bovinae

To Salt

Am drawn

The Shepherd's Staff

Out of the bog

Off the the railroad

Away from the poison

Out of the Titanic

Removed from danger

Detached

Ejected

Eliminated

Evacuated

Excised

Expunged

Extracted

Withdrawn

The Shepherd Staff

Truly

He Cares!!

By D.R.Ruhweza
12.04.2013

04:07 a.m