A Little Nerve

A Little Nerve

I have saved lives
Many, or a few.
That was my training.
It was what I was meant to do.

There was nothing heroic to it.

I pressed a phone button that was lit.
It was simply a call I took.
It was a puzzle piece that fit.

A man was jumping to his death.

Another had a gun.
There’s lots of ways to die.
Just think hard and chose one.

I was in the right place
At the right time.
Sometimes I was right there
Or a voice on the line.

I’m never the end of the story.

I’m just the turning of a page.

I’m the off ramp from a bad choice.

I’m a player on the stage.

But I have saved a few lives

And it makes me happy to have served.
Offering an open hand is important.
It just takes a little nerve.