Tuesday
May182010
We Have Said The Words (1995)

We Have Said The Words
We have said the words in our heads
Ten thousand times before
At October we reach and exceed our grasp
Today the finish line
Our horse was not the favorite
A secret circle kept alive her name
Placing bets despite the odds
All winnings go to charity
We will not lose our Emily disciples
Past October they will not rest
The churches we create are hymns among us
Playing without fear—we sing the second verse
(written for my three-year-old daughter Emily during her chemotherapy protocol for Wilms' Tumor, 1995)
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