Observed:
 As I sit in this beautiful Catholic Church, I'd walked into under the
worst of circumstances. I feel all eyes on me, the black lady who came in with
the yellow baby.
Observers: Her child's father must know or be in the family.
Who is this black lady with the yellow baby sitting in the
back pew, does she understand the words being spoken? Did he teach her the
language?
The black lady with the yellow baby in the back of the church
in the last pew, did she know the young man laying cold in the casket, the
young man whose life was snuffed out by gang bangers? He may have been 21 years
old if that.  Did she know the killer?
The black lady sitting in the last pew in the back of the
church with the yellow baby in a church where the service in it's entirety is
in Spanish, does she know the name of the church?
Observed: I believe it's either St. Mark or St. Mathews.
Observer:  The young mans last name was Q.  Did you
know that black lady sitting in the last pew of the church where they only
speak Spanish that may be St. Mark or St. Mathew with your yellow baby?
Did you know this was his home-going? The home-going for the
21 year old who is laying in the casket at the front of the church that maybe
St. Mark or St. Mathew where the service is in Spanish?
Observed:  Hey observer, did you know the grieving
sister of the young man who's barely 21 years old laying in the casket in the
front of the church that may be St. mark or St. Mathew is a friend of mine?
Did you know the mother of the young man laying in the casket
at the front of the church where they are only speaking Spanish which may be
St. Mark or St. Mathew once fixed me dinner at her grieving daughters home and
engaged in laughter and conversation in broken English? Did you know we still
understood each other?
Did you know grief is a universal language of emotions,
understood by many?
Did you know the grieving family moved out of the area for
fear of further harm, death or from fatigue of witnessing both?  Did you
know that From the back of the church that may be St. Mark or St. Mathew I can
see him laying in the casket? Hear the cries of his grieving family, feel their
pain? For this was my first time going to the funeral of the victim of a homicide?
 Did you know that?  Did you know it wouldn't be my last?
Did you know in the neighborhood where they primarily speak
Spanish and in my neighborhood where they primarily speak English, this is a
daily occurrence?
Did you know I'm tired of it already? In 1998?
Signed pray for mine as I pray for yours
Sincerely, the black lady with the yellow baby in the last
pew of the church where the service is in Spanish for the home going for the
young man whose last name starts with the letter Q in the church that may be
St. Mark or St. Mathew
Monday, April 18, 2016
Being observed
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
 
 
No comments:
Post a Comment