Dedicated to Laurie Ann Meegan
Lasting Peace
by denny
Before the ornate altar
the Priest raises the chalice;
A young boy dozing in the pew
is nudged awake by his mother.
While the body of another child
lays peacefully in the casket.
Outside, old men sit on the steps
watching the traffic on the busy street;
while a young girl walks by,
stops to admire herself
in a store front window,
oblivious to the child inside.
None can comprehend
the lonely desperation of one so young,
the frightening fits of rage
of an alcoholic father,
to find lasting peace away
from an uncaring world.
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