Connecting two randomly selected words: Safe + Job
A Safe can mean
a place to store
your riches and your wealth
but it can also be a place
to hide your secrets. Keep them
Safe. And safe can be a
state of mind,
or a physical place to be,
where you can be
quite self-assured that
you will not be harmed.
And a job is something
we’d like to have
if only to survive.
And like a safe it
keeps us secure:
“job security” is
what they say.
But what about the
other Job? The one
some know so well?
The tale of man
who was tested by
the devil and his God.
“Thou shall not test
the Lord your God”,
but he can watch
your trials unfold.
And Job, like all,
did not feel safe
because he was a pawn,
a thing to watch,
and made to suffer.
And he! So great
to withstand the pains,
when the rest of us
are a lot more sane.
So Safe’s are meant
to be locked away
and jobs are meant
to make secure,
and yet we’re miserable
despite wealth
despite work.
So perhaps we are
just like Job,
and someone’s watching
our little lives unfold.