I have buried
too many of
my son’s mentors
to believe this world
could ever be just.
until black men
can make it past
age twenty-five
we cannot claim
that the world is fair.
until then,
we must admit
the world is designed
to break them.
and there is no justice in that.
Mothers are shouldering
the burden of this
unbearable grief.
a crushing load no one
should be asked to carry.
so the world is poised
to break them too.
and I pray every day
that I don’t experience
the suffering of this grief
any more intimately
then at the arm’s length
with which I hold it now.
and in that prayer,
I find no comfort.
in that prayer,
there is no peace.
(c)2022. CMK
Pastor and Friend Cathy,
You touch my soul so often, I am grateful for you. Thank you for your gifts of the Spirit and talents that you use for all of us. You really are a continued blessing to me.
Love, Don
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