Well, today marks my 25th post on this blog. Actually I didn't know that until I looked at my post count today. Now, if I had known, maybe I could have written some celebratory poem or something. But, especially in light of Monday's tragedy, I think something a bit more sober (and somber) comes to mind... but it is not all blackened and bruised...
"The Face Factory"
by Neil Mullins
I came into the factory today
To put smiles on some faces
But my boss told me, to my dismay
Those smiles wouldn't have cases.
"We're making frowns today," says he,
And when pressed for a reason, he replied,
"Because this week, tragedy struck:
Someone went out and made a killing spree."
This I just could not believe,
All I did in shock was stare
And tears rolled as I grieved
To kneel down humbly in prayer...
"Oh Lord, how can this be?
That so many innocents
Were taken so violently?
Where will the colors run now?
And the frowns coming off the line
How will they stop, Lord? How?"
And as I knelt in patience and despair
I felt my soul lifted in His loving care
God said to me, "Fear not for the orange and maroon;
As for the smiles, get ready...
Demand will be heavy for them soon."
(Dedicated in memory of the lives lost
at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007)
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