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Open Poetry #15

Just a Substitute

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

0 posted 2001-08-20 12:11 PM

Just a Substitute

Substitute,
substitute,
never the real thing!

Substitute,
substitute,
how can I end the sting?

You were a substitute
for all of humankind
You were even a substitute
for the one within my mind.

How did you endure it,
how did you cope,
how did you stand
hanging at the end of Your rope?

And, yet, with all my heart
I know the truth of You
You were more REAL
than what I can be or do.

If I am called
to merely replace
the ones who have a spot
in this ever present race,

To step in for the ill,
the maimed or those in pain,
what do I do,
when I’m covered with the rain?

Do I merely reach for you,
like the button at my hand
that pops my umbrella
exactly where I stand?

Am I to solely be,
as I aim to follow You,
one to take the place
of the ailing in this zoo?

© August 20, 2001

Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2001-08-20 12:15 PM

interesting blend of the fact you are a substitute teacher...and how we can feel like a or have substitutes in our life..

I enjoyed the read VAS

Decaflame
Senior Member

since 2001-05-11

Posts 1635

2 posted 2001-08-20 12:18 PM

Getting ready for school, hey? Well, keep in mind that there is one former student out here [me] that adored her substitute teachers...they only had to tend to us now and then, but the best ones remembered our names inbetween times....

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

3 posted 2001-08-20 02:32 PM

Was the capital "Y" significant? If so, then He will answer you.
Very interesting and thought provoking write.
Thank you, Virginia

http://members.home.net/excalibur2501/interloper.htm

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

4 posted 2001-08-20 02:55 PM

Yes, Interloper, the capital Y is significant. He did answer me long ago, but I keep stupidly trying to change the answer. Guess the manna is just losing its taste. I want to be in His will, but I want to survive with a better taste in my mouth.

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