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peace... dear G-d, bring us peace. / 11.03.08, 04:23 PM
a mother cries out in the city.
today katie, braxton, joy and i went to martin luther king jr boulevard today and joined a peace pilgrimage, a march led by mothers of those who have been killed by the violence in new orleans which speaks out and exhorts the neighborhoods for peace. we marched alongside supporters, friends and loved ones of the victims, and the mothers themselves. we marched for two hours, holding up signs with the names of victims and quotes about the necessity of peace. we talked with many people, all of different backgrounds, all there for the same reasons.
we want to see guns put down. we want a different world for our children. we want to see our young men and women have a chance to live and change the world. we see pain, we feel pain, and we will suffer together until the violence stops.
the parade came to a stop at the corner of daneel and josephine, where five young people had been murdered. we all stood around the truck that had sound equipment and had a moment of silence in memory for the children and against the brutal violence. a single women began singing a song, and it lifted up over the buildings, up to Heaven, and sank straight into my bones. she mourned:
“soon i will be done with the troubles of the world
the troubles of the world, oh, the troubles of the world.
soon i will be done with the troubles of the world,
going home to be with my Lord.”
half way through the song, one of the mothers nearby fell into the arms of another and broke into heavy sobs of loss and anguish. i walked towards the group of women trying to lift this women up from her pain, and put my arms around them.
i looked at the group of women and choked as i said, “my heart cries out for you.”
how does one comfort a mother who has lost a child? how does one pray for a city that is destroying lives? G-d is always good, and can always lift us from our problems, but that does not prevent a mother from crying. that does not prevent a mother from missing the face of a child, the face of a young one that will never be more than a memory.
they hugged me one by one, and finally the woman who had broken down wrapped her arms around me and wept bitterly into my chest. i had no words. how does one speak to such a despair?
i wept with her.
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This is beautiful. Life is so tragic and watching a mother mourn over a lost child is amazingly hard. Just pray for her and comfort her that is all you can do.. This makes me wonder how god feels…
Hannah
By Hannah King / Nov 5, 12:33 PM / #