He landed in the road
the light of the lantern, my lantern
lost
even though the lantern itself
somehow landed upright
a small miracle of sorts
pure glass, but not broken
only one small flame
extinguished!
He must have known what would happen
certainly he should know how to prevent falling
and dropping
such a fragile glass lantern
onto the road
without breaking the glass
who is he to receive such a gift
the miracle of only one small flame
extinguished?
Faster and faster the horses galloped
as I shouted to the driver, run, run, run
leave him behind
make him walk
let him see what it feels like
to be left alone
on life’s road
without light!