Lucky Horse Shoe Saved My Life

Lucky Horse Shoe Saved My Life

Hanging crooked near the gate

An old horseshoe carried fate

Rust had stained its iron skin

Still my grandma trusted in it

She would touch it every day

Murmuring soft prayers her way

Claiming luck lived deep inside

I only laughed and rolled my eyes

Life moved on and years went fast

I forgot those stories passed

Working nights and barely sleeping

Carrying burdens always bleeding

Stress consumed my every thought

Peace was something never caught

Until one stormy freezing night

Everything changed in seconds time

Rain crashed hard against the street

Thunder shook beneath my feet

I walked home soaked to the bone

The empty road felt so alone

Streetlights flickered weak and pale

Wind screamed like a ghostly wail

Something deep inside felt wrong

Like danger waited all along

As I reached the rusted gate

A strange force pulled me away

One sharp step back through the rain

Saved my body from the pain

A speeding car came crashing wild

Driver drunk and running blind

Metal tore across the road

Straight toward where I once stood

The gate exploded into sparks

Glass flew violently through the dark

The old horseshoe snapped in two

Landing near my soaking shoes

If I never moved that night

Death would claim my final sight

My chest collapsed with shaking fear

While sirens echoed drawing near

People gathered in the storm

Wrapped in blankets trying warmth

The driver stumbled out in shame

Crying hard and screaming names

Meanwhile I stood frozen still

Trying hard to fight the chill

Staring at that broken shoe

Wondering somehow if it knew

Since that night I keep it close

Beside the door where flowers grow

Not because I fear bad luck

Or trust in myths when life gets rough

Yet something shifted deep in me

A strange respect for mystery

Some things cannot be explained

Some moments alter you forever changed

Now whenever thunder calls

And heavy rain begins to fall

I remember how death came near

Breathing cold against my ear

That lucky horseshoe scarred and worn

Saved my life that stormy morn

People may laugh all they like

I survived that deadly night

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