I see you walking around town, your body casting shadows on the cracked sidewalk, and I remember. If I search way back in the archives of my brain I remember your family - young, nice looking but different - that is all I remember. Today I see you and I remember some kind of rumors, I remember your name vaguely from a police report in the paper - I am not sure what it was anymore but I know you had to go to jail for awhile. The rumor was something sexual, but now that I think of it...
...I don't remember it ever being written anywhere what you were accused of.
I know you used to drive semi and now I only see you walking, living in a different part of town... a shadow of the strong bodied person I used to see once in awhile
...now, I see almost daily
...walking down the streets of Arlington
...walking with your head down, I can see a shadow of that cute young boy.
And my heart crys out in prayer for the loneliness that surrounds you -
it casts shadows upon my heart and I lift a prayer for you. Lord, each time I see this man I will lift a prayer that he might come to know You... the silent cry I hear from his heart to mine, will be changed to joy as he learns to trust in You and reach out to touch the hem of Your garment. AMEN
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