Grief

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Eli,Eli,
La'ma
sabach-tha'ni?
[Matthew 27:46]
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(Silence.)
"They said....
today...
something about Jesus,
Lord."

[VERY TENDER VOICE.]
"What, child."

(Long silence.)
(Silence.)
"That.....
(Long pause.)
He went to Hell."

[PATIENT SILENCE.]

"I mean: when He was on the
Cross.
(Long silence.)
He went to Hell....
And....then.....
(Small whisper.)
He came back."

[PAUSE.]
[TENDER VOICE.]
"Who, child?"

"Uh......I dunno;
(Sob.)
Those...... ladies.....
(Close eyes.)
.... at the Bible
study, today."

[GENTLE NOD.]

"They said.....
they said
(Tears dripping down mascara'd face.)
.....that Jesus went to Hell...
the last very few hours, of His Life."

[LONG GAZE.]
[GENTLE VOICE.]
"I see, little one."

(Silence.)
(Sobbing.)
(Long time passes.)

[GENTLE PAUSE.]
"And.....what do you think,
little one?"

(Turn tear-stained face
to ceiling.)
"I dunno.
(Silence.)
I guess, He did.
(Wipe dirty tears with edge
of soft palm.)
I guess He did.
Maybe, He did.
(Gaze off into space.)
(Radio in the background.)
I think...... He did."

[SILENCE.]

(Long silence full of tears.)

[PATIENT SILENCE.]

(Look up from a sticky face.)
"What about ME,
Lord?
(Gaze up at ceiling.)
Will I ever come BACK?"

[TENDER VOICE.]
"Here, child."
[TENDER PAUSE.]
Take
My Hand."
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My God,
My God,
why has Thou
forsaken Me?
[Matthew 27:46]

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