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Topic: Uncles/Aunts (04/17/08)
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TITLE: Auntie Are You There? | Previous Challenge Entry
By Elizabeth Denny
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I watched you both come into this world,
One red and wrinkly, one smooth and olive.
Only months separated your births, perfect playmates…
A gift from God, loved immensely…
Auntie are you there?
Auntie do you care?
I celebrated with them
and prayed for you.
Things began to unwind while you were still babes.
Parents no longer worshipped together…
Absorbed in their own world…
Left long hours in daycare…
Auntie are you there
Auntie do you care
I fought with them
and prayed for you.
Dad turned away from God, mom soon followed.
Separation, divorce…
Too many cheap relationships…
Strangers put you to bed…
Auntie are you there?
Auntie do you care?
I pleaded with them
and prayed for you.
What horrors slithered into your world.
Drug abuse, molestation, abandonment…
Foster care, the court system…
You cried alone at night…
Auntie are you there?
Auntie do you care?
I brought you home with me
and prayed for you.
Somehow you survived, damaged yet alive.
I watched you grow and go into adulthood…
Making choices that hurt…
Seeking a love that heals…
Auntie are you there?
Auntie do you care?
I watched your babies born
and prayed for them.
I still pray for you.
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