Boy Walking On The Road

Boy Walking on the Road

Today I saw young boy
walking at the edge of a country road.
His body misshapen
yet his gait firm and determined,
an MP3 player plugged into his ears.

Was he shutting out a world
of stares and schoolhouse taunts?
Was he orchestrating, choreographing
a life beyond the twisted body?
Was he the prophet for this day?

I wanted to take him up -
wrap him in my arms –
fly him away -
baptize him in the lake
of straight-boned boys.

I wanted everyone
to see only his soul.
To have each of us
touch his body
with tenderness.

I wanted a world of grace
and blessings for those
who teach us, by their presence,
what each day can hold and that
a prayer lies always waiting on the skin.

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