Five Feet

By I.M. Ulysses

Five feet
Is all that was needed
And this life of mine
Would now have been ended

Five feet
Was the distance between
My car and his
In that moment unseen

Five feet
And we would have hit
Had I been slower
And he a bit quick

Five feet
But it was enough
For me to veer right
Before his car struck

Five feet
And the headline would read
A tragic accident
On the road unredeemed

Five feet
One less a grave
That would have been dug
For this life unsaved

Five feet
And it would've been over
And instead life
The ground would now cover

Five feet
But God stood in the way
Blocking the path
That allowed me to stay

Five feet
I have been reborn
Passing through death
To a new life untorn

Five feet
My work is not done
So give God the Glory
And Jesus, His Son

Five feet
My life's not my own
It's hidden in God
Who light has now shone

Five feet
Remember it well
For it was the day
When I nearly fell

Five feet
I am still here
Because God halted death
When it was so near