There is no Balm in Gilead, This is for and dedicate to Sylvia Options

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There is no Balm in Gilead

There is no balm in Gilead, today,
two small coffins lay o'er
the empty pits of despair.
The souls of two children have been shattered,
they are not as they used to be.
Fear, horror; sudden sounds
make them jump, but they shed no tears.
There is no belief in them
that a parent has gone so suddenly.
Eight sharp shocks, repeat in their ears,
over and over, even adult minds cannot conceive.
They haven't buried a parent, just the innocence
of what used to be childhood.

Oct 8, 2010
© Steve Pray

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Sylvia, I was so horrified and shocked that this could have happened to someone so close. You hear every day on the news of shootings and gang violence, and it inundates our lives so much that we hardly notice anymore, until it does hit so close to home.. how did we get so uncaring byt the nightly innoculations of newscasters blithely ranting on as quickly as they can just to get past the bad parts. I remember being almost forced to watch the war in Vietnam up close and bleeding. I have finally got to the point where I don't watch the news or read the papers because of these things and no one even the police seem to be able to stop the senseless killing. I am still praying for your son-in-law and for those poor innocent children. This I wrote especially for them and for you to help you grieve. My Doctor sais that you have3 to forgive yourself all the mistakes you think you made in life before you can start to forgive others, and only then can you really grieve for them and for yourself, forgive the fact that you are dieing, because it is not your fault. It just is. I never realized how much anger I had until I let it all go, now I am calmer, and respect myself a lot more.
Sylvia you have been through so much bad stuff lately, I wish I could sweep down and take yo away from all of it just for a week or so and let you just be you. My wife is going to Tennessee for two weeks to visit with a friend, they will knit and gossip, go antique hunting, have late suppers with chocolate desserts, who cares how many calories...just get lost in the friendship. She needs the time off from work and from me, and I understand that. I just wish my friend was closer so I could do that too.
In the meantime my friend and sweet lady please take care of you, there is only so much you can pass around and then you run out....lol.
Lots of hugs and love
Steve