Noah's Shoes

I can only imagine Noah’s shoes

That a favorite uncle helped him lace

While tussling his hair, wild as the stories

He told his sisters before he raced

Out of the house into the twilight, heedless

Of his mother's cries, "That boy, he'll be

The death of me," or his father's nod

That knew despite his mother’s fears, if he

Fell, he would pick himself up and run

Again. But now his father must enter a cold

Room where his son, hair neatly combed, lies

In the suit that his mother has picked;

He must rub scuff marks off the shoes

That Noah will wear when they close the casket,

Sealed with his mother's tears, "Don't mind me,

Child, go from this dark world into blue skies."

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/12/17/167480958/at-funeral-services-for-newtown-victims-sharing-memories-and-grief

Image Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/12/16/167390094/in-newtowns-tragedy-futures-cut-short-and-families-left-with-voids

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