Candy for Lora

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Candy for Lora

- Angela

Silly girl, they said

As they strapped on your tool belt.

You can’t believe everything you see.

So they loaded you up with hammers

Wrenches

Pliers

Screwdrivers made of wisdom far too awkward for your tiny hands

Patted you on the head and explained

Skittles don’t really come from a rainbow.

And just like that

Your childhood vanished.

They said

Build us a house made of the strongest reassurance

Give us walls thick enough to keep out the cold

To keep out fear

To keep out

Reality

We’ll need a roof

They said

Wide enough to shelter us from the storms

Insulated with enough soothing

So that we can sleep soundly and peacefully at night

Knowing

You’ll be there to fix it when it breaks.

And so you got to work

And just like that

You transformed yourself from little girl to handyman.

While others played in make-believe houses,

You slaved to build one too real for childhood

Too scary for parenthood

But just right for a neighborhood

Where children take over as head of household

You were told

To grow old

Quickly

Now

Before our family falls apart

Before the walls come apart

And if you can’t get to your tool belt fast enough

Then let us use your very person as our adhesive.

And so you hold the walls together

Your hands becoming leather

Your family still together

Thank the LORD for you.

Wouldn’t it be funny if they knew?

The “silly girl” they tried to slay

Who toils and labors day after day

Makes her plans to run away

Because her longings leave her famished

She can see in the distance and isn’t surprised

That there is a place where candy falls from the skies

Because when they tried to tie the blindfold around her eyes,

Nothing ever really vanished.