worst case scenario (this one meal)

she sat down and ate,
not everything in the world
but something,
no bigger than the size of her dinner plate,
she sat down and ate
one meal,
and this one meal
suddenly
didn't make her fat.
the worst case scenario
didn't happen.
this one meal
didn't make her world end,
she was still here,
she was still
under God's grace,
maybe
it was just
fear.
maybe
it was just
food,
no more power
than that.
maybe
she was okay,
worst case scenario
didn't happen,
she
was still
intact,
far
far
far
from hell,
she ate
this one meal,
she was okay
God loved her
after all,
worst case scenario
it didn't happen
it didn't happen.

-- Sheryle Cruse