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you were standing under the lights
along the fence
at the baseball game last night
wearing a carrhart coat
to keep out the biting cold
you stood behind the other guys
and i wondered what was
on your mind
two years ago
i saw you sitting on your
bed playing video games
not looking up
not wanting to see anything real
it was four days after
your kid brother
sat in my first period,
reading a hardy boys mystery
and it was two days after
he died
you were standing under the lights
along the fence
at the baseball game last night
and i hope you're
looking
up
linking with:
jen for god bumps
joy for life:unmasked
kimberly for painting prose
beki at the rusted chain for fingerprint friday
michelle for caffeinated randomness
studio jru for sneak peek friday
Beautiful. The teacher in me is aching. The mom in me is hoping. God can lift us out of the deep, can't He? We just buried a beautiful young teen in our town and so many of our youth are looking UP for hope- that in itself is hopeful!
ReplyDeleteOh, that's just lovely & heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing this with us. I hope that when we come across those hurting, we can help them look up.
ReplyDeleteoh...this is an aching one...praying with you for this one...thank you for the seeing eyes that bear the message every heart needs to live
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful pain in this.
ReplyDeleteoh, kendal. sometimes the ache of our fragility near does me in. how good that this dear one has you there, seeing. and more, praying to a God who sees.
ReplyDeletewell done!
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, heart wrenching but beautiful. Well done.
ReplyDeleteOh ... The ache here. But you see. You see him. I am so glad you do. Someone to pray his eyes upward.
ReplyDeleteOh ... The ache here. But you see. You see him. I am so glad you do. Someone to pray his eyes upward.
ReplyDeleteOh... I hope he is looking up too, hope he is looking up!
ReplyDeleteoh your heart, friend. it's so wide and all-encompassing. you are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been on here in a long, long time. Reading this makes me realize how much I have missed your words. You are a beautiful writer...a beautiful person.
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