"Notre Père, qui es aux cieux" (Our Father, which art in heaven)

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jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2012-02-22 02:19 PM

"Notre Père, qui es aux cieux"
(Our Father, which art in heaven)

There are things
none of us like to talk about . . .like,
a father's hands where they shouldn't be,
at inappropriate times;
a sixteen year old, pretty thing,
never seen again;
bog burial, deep in the Atchafalaya;
gator-rumblings,
bull frogs, and the peal of dying things,
when the moon's just right.

~ ~
The scream of a man being eaten alive.

~ ~

"Collette Adeline Bergeron"

read the blue and white, satin ribbon
laying across the homemade wreath
of twigs, river bark, spider lily and blue iris,
floating on the black, brackish water,
swirling slightly.

". . .la puissance et la gloire, aux siècles des siècles."
(The power, and the glory, for ever and ever)

~ ~

Mothers have a way of remembering.
A way of honoring their children,
of putting up with everything
husbands do.

But mostly,
mothers have a way of remembering,
a way of honoring a seventeen year old,
a pretty thing,
under a three-quarter moon,
over a brackish, gas-belching bog,
deep in the Atchafalaya . . .

". . .la puissance et la gloire, aux siècles des siècles."
(The power, and the glory, for ever and ever)

Amen

~ ~ ~

© wesley james beard, jr.
february 2012
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[This message has been edited by jwesley (02-22-2012 09:48 PM).]

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2012-02-22 04:43 PM

If this is personal, I am sorry. If it is not, it was a hell of a write.

~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

2 posted 2012-02-22 05:01 PM

Thanks for the read and the reply, my friend.
Not personal at all.

j.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

3 posted 2012-02-23 02:21 PM

Gripping and heartbreaking.

Paul Wilson

Member Elite

since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

4 posted 2012-02-24 06:07 PM

Jimmy...A fitting death for a crime that should never happen. I think they all should be tortured and then maybe let the gators and swamp do the rest.
Very touching poem...Paul

". . .la puissance et la gloire, aux siècles des siècles."
(The power, and the glory, for ever and ever)

~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~
Paul

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

5 posted 2012-02-24 06:43 PM

Thank you Southern, my friend. Based on something I heard about when I was a kid. Guess I should add it to my Boyhood Tales

j.

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

6 posted 2012-02-24 06:44 PM

Paul, I couldn't agree with you more. There is NO! excuse.

j.

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

7 posted 2012-02-27 01:08 AM

This poem made such an impact upon me. It's strong and it hits home. Good one, Jimmy.

A

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

8 posted 2012-03-05 07:22 PM

Fine writing...James

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

9 posted 2012-03-08 12:17 PM

whew, heavy duty writing, and totally agree, no child should be violated...

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

10 posted 2012-03-08 12:28 PM

WOW!
You are an impressive writer, and thinker.
Love this, J!

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

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