Content warning for fear of gun violence at a school
sirens stretch the air like an old jazz horn
lights the color of a fresh wound
pause
snow around the school drive pounded
into ice by parents pacing out their prayers
as once they cradled newborns refusing to fall asleep
feet stamping out the new national ritual
of waiting for news;
all I can offer is
Christ, have mercy
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About Rosalind C Hughes
Rosalind C Hughes is a priest and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. She serves an Episcopal church just outside Cleveland. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
over the water 
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