ThisIsMyLetterToTheWorld

As children we are taught God was the big man in the sky

He who watches over, tall and overbearing

Thorns stapled to his head and bleeding, he was resurrected for us

She fell to Earth, coating the land with a soft hush

For one short month, in between, she embraced her long-lost lover, Autumn, until their time together came to an end and he departed from her icy arms.

Watching them sit alone inside the cafeteria, isolated in their new school, I remained at my obnoxiously crowded table, a body of laughter and chatter amidst a sea of foot traffic.