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An Ordinary Day


As I go through my ordinary day,
doing laundry, dishes,
sipping my coffee,
running errands...
I think about you.

I drive for five minutes
and it shocks me how close
I still am to home...
five minutes is not
very far and how close
you and your family were
when a bomb went off
at the US Embassy in Jeddah.

What did you hear?
Did your house shake?
Was the sky glowing
an angry red shade of war?
Were you scared or had
you heard a bomb before?

Did you wonder if the world
was coming to an end...
worry about your children
who were away at school,
your husband at work?
Did a dish slip from
your dainty hands?

Did your little boy stop
singing his ABCs and
clutch your dress in fear?
Did you cry unexplained tears
when you heard what happened,
knew your family was okay?
What did you feel,
dear soulsister?

What would I do
if a bomb went off
right in the middle
of an ordinary day?
What did you?



Lori Beal

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