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A true little miracle that happened to me :-)

Morning sun pouring in through my windshield
On the daily route to the office
Here comes interruption from my phone:

Go to the bank for a new card.

The beads gleam in my fingers as if to remind me
That I was locked in conversation
And it would be rude to distract myself 
In a bid to get to a place I don't know

So, guilty, I told my Lord:

Let's carry on, and when I hail the Holy Queen
Let the bank be before me. 

And trusting in His yes, I guessed my way forward,
Turning left
                           Turning right 
                                                           Then left
                                                                                Then left
                           Then right
Not knowing where my whims would lead

All the while, my fingers stayed steady forward:
The scourging, the crowning, the carrying, 
Punctuated by "Let me turn this way."

Then despair. I parked on a shoulder,
The prayer now over but with no bank in sight.
I sorrowfully showed my remorse:

Sorry for forcing Your Hand, let me turn to Google

But now I was late for work, so reroute the plan:
Chart my course back to my original journey.

But 

As soon as I make a left turn
There it was: the un-promised surprise, 
Object of my despair, and my trust newly repaired
My little miracle for a Tuesday morning
With the sun lighting up the bank's windows:
God's Positioning System.

(c) nyonglema
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A big thanks to Social Media. Yeah, thanks.
We’re all connected now, whispering with our thumbs,
Sharing the crumbs of our lives, and connected
Through our lively screen to millions of others
Like us with their friends. Dear friends.

My Facebook page says I have 261 people whom I
Can confide in, share my cleanest and dirtiest,
Hold on to theirs, share deep memories with.
Facebook calls them my “Friends”.

My Twitter page says I have 75 disciples.
They hang on my every word, and I’m the disciple of
Nearly as many as well.

Well I noticed that keeping my secrets in the minds
Of my 261 was a little challenging through F2F …
You know the good old face-to-face with no listening walls?
So I just blast it to them all at the same time.
My life’s their entertainment, and theirs mine,
And theirs theirs.

Then I noticed I couldn’t keep their secrets in my mind
So, I just browse, like, retweet and forget,
Unless it is critical.

Then I noticed that nobody trusts anybody anymore.
Then I noticed that elections will be contested,
Conspiracy theories like poisoned mushrooms
Will cloud our vision till reality recedes to oblivion.
I noticed that everybody will see the Devil everywhere,
And since social media has trained us to be different
By conforming to what different means,
Which simply means be like everybody else,
But in a different way:
(just look at our smartphones…the only difference is
The letters on them …so mostly same, but different),
We are starting to see a Devil in the mirror
But the comments say “You’re good, you’re cool”
With a thumbs up, a heart, a wink and more,
So we believe them, but of course with a pinch of salt.

(c) nyonglema