MEMORY OF DORIS

1993 COPYRIGHT BY PETER CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND (FOR DORIS) YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU STRUGGLE WITHOUT HOPE I THINK ABOUT ALL THE CARDS I SLIPPED IN ENVELOPES I TRIED TO FILL MY LETTERS TO YOU WITH ENCOURAGEMENT I HAVE TO WONDER NOW IF IT EVEN MADE A DENT WHEN YOU TELL ME ON THE PHONE THAT YOU'VE HAD A GOOD DAY YOU TELL ME THINGS YOU FEEL WILL COMFORT ME TO HEAR YOU SAY I DON'T WANT TO BE PROTECTED AND PRETEND THERE ISN'T A PROBLEM I CAN SEE SO WELL HOW YOUR MOODS HAVE GROWN TEARFUL AND SOLEMN IT'S PAINFUL TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE LEAVING GOD AND MOVING BACK HOME IT HURTS TO THINK OF YOU LIVING IN THE WORLD ALONE YOU USED TO BELIEVE THAT JESUS WAS YOUR BEST FRIEND I HAVE THE FAITH THAT SOMEDAY YOU'LL HOLD THAT CONVICTION AGAIN I THINK ABOUT YOUR AWESOME HEART WHEN JESUS WAS YOUR GUIDE AND THE NIGHT YOU WALKED INTO THE HOUSE UNRECOGNIZED YOU WOULD NOT TALK FOR THE TEMPTATION TO FEAR HAD CREPT INSIDE YOU FOLLOWED THE REVERSE PATH TO YOUR LIFE BEFORE YOUR BAPTISM BATH I PRAY DESPERATELY THAT THE SPIRIT WILL FILL YOU AGAIN AND THAT GOD WILL PLACE A HARDLINE DISCIPLER IN THAT PATH LAST OCTOBER I WENT TO A KING DAVID DEVO AT YOUR PLACE YOU TOOK ME INTO YOUR ROOM AND SHOWED ME POETRY IN A SUITCASE YOU WROTE HOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE'S OPINIONS OF YOU WERE SEATHING BUT THAT WHEN YOU SOUGHT THE LORD HE GAVE YOU SHELTER AND A HAVEN AND FILLED YOU WITH PATIENCE TO KEEP YOU FROM HATING YOU SHOWED ME YOUR HEART AND THAT YOU WERE A DISCIPLE WORTH IMITATING WHEN YOU WERE HAPPY YOU DANCED AND SPUN AROUND ON THE LINOLEUM FLOOR WE USED TO RUSH TO HUG EACHOTHER BUT THERE'S NO OPPERTUNITY ANYMORE I HATE TO WATCH YOU TRY IN VAIN TO FILL THE LONGING VOID WITH SOMETHING FROM THE WORLD THAT HATE AND JEALOUSY DESTROYED HUMAN CIVILIZATION PUSHED FAR BEYOND THE LORD'S DESIGN NOTHING AT ALL OUT THERE CAN REPLACE THAT PEACE OF MIND

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