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Jordy's balloons

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Jordy’s balloons

after the funeral
outside to inevitable
sun

watching his eight year old mates release purple/
white balloons shrinking into a perfect blue sky

a week’s
grieving
spent

relieved children smiling laughing faces upturned sunflowers seeking
light warmth celebrating his life intent eyes on diminishing orbs

but on
fear-engraved
faces

the aching eyes of every parent on their own
child seeing them disappear in an instant

like balloons.

© rob walker.

[I wrote this a while back after attending the funeral of a little boy I’d taught who was killed by a car while jumping a puddle. It’s pretty depressing stuff, but it needed to be said. I’d be interested to see what anyone can do with it musically.]

rob