SWEET FRIEND, IN LOVING MEMORY...
By N.D. Rodriguez Copyrights 1/31/13
Golden smile, all worthwhile…
When her eyes lit up…
Inside, out, so true and sweet.
Heart of gold, quick to laugh.
We were young, silly, care free.
Wish I knew you better though…
But your smile and sparkling eyes
Still remember, that warmth in your soul.
The 3 Amigas, a moment in time.
Summer fun, little butterflies.
Flit and fluttering all about,
New friends on the block.
From house to house,
Around the corner, up the hill...
Our safe playground for now.
Suspend time, if only, from what lay ahead…
If we could only, the ripples of change
And horrid things to come.
Add that shaky window tween Junior High
And High School, doggone emotional potholes.
Her new home, interim happy haven.
What we didn’t know beyond innocence…
About each other, the past…the future.
Why it mattered, how could anybody know or imagine?
We wouldn’t understand, never explained for years.
What damage was done, would be done.
Unthinkable, unimaginable violations, violent evil.
No one to really explain…evil, ever.
To the young back then, a different time.
What made you run away over and over?
What was your real story, secret demons?
Your home so warm and welcoming...
This one who adored your Mother like a mother.
Your family never knew what was being kindly given.
To another young person in need,
Her own painful secret, pothole journey just begun.
For all God’s love teaches and heals,
Such tremendous beauty, wonder and goodness
We do find in each other and our world…
The courageous resiliency of all survivors
And our capacity to love, trust, have faith in, again…
One can never fully comprehend why, how another
Can do bodily harm or murder another.
Especially young, vulnerable, innocent, troubled souls.
You will not be forgotten, dear precious Stacy Ann.
They can take the body…but never, never the Soul.
SCORE -
Good People: Infinity x Infinity
Bad Seeds: Negative Zero x Black Hole
(Maybe not so Zen but very Human…)
Still, yes...God Forgive Them Their Trespasses...
but earned only by repentance and rehabilitation.
Sorry, just will never understand true evil.
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