Monday, April 18, 2016

Being observed

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


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