Instant Relocation
Awhile back I was in my car.
Taking a drive to a juice bar.
Suddenly, I didn’t know where I was.
Everything around began to fuzz.
I focused and checked my watch.
Date & time correct. They weren’t botched.
What the heck just happened to me?
I was lost, from what I could see.
Then I saw a road sign ahead.
I was about 60 miles from home, it said.
Somehow, I was instantly here.
No, I had not been drinking beer.
It took 1 ½ hours to drive home.
The whole thing shook me to the bone.
The next day it happened again.
I was only sent 15 miles away then.
One more time it happened that week.
To another near town. I was freaked.
It couldn’t be a memory lapse.
Not enough time had passed.
It did not happen on the weekend.
Seemed to be only during the week .
I had to talk to someone about it.
But, who. They will think I am a nitwit.
I finally decided on my pastor.
He was really shocked, to be sure.
He took it with a grain of sand.
He decided to be the man.
He said he would come & ride with me.
Monday he came over, just to see.
We drove out in my car.
We had not gotten very far.
Next thing, we were 25 miles away.
He was pale, with little to say.
When we got home he prayed with me.
He didn’t know what it could be.
This continued. I hoped it would end soon.
Then, there was an eclipse of the moon.
After that, it never happened again.
It started exactly 1 month before the eclipse.
Then, it never happened again after this.
No explanation was ever found.
I was always cautious driving around town.
Years later another eclipse was due.
I stopped driving 1 month before. Wouldn’t you?
————————————————–R. W. Johnson—–(2015)
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