Oil Paintings-3

One Big Cracker Dear God, I don't know what to write you I wrote many lines and then scribbled I know you like neat and tidy things I have been sitting by the window since morn In my grandma's home You made her alone, remember? But I visited her daily after school She is lonely and keeps waiting for me She bakes my favourite cookies and cakes You gifted her with nice hands and thoughts Two days ago she brought me over for keeps I didn't go to school today My heart is iron heavy and my legs can't carry it Do you like to take moms and dads Only on Friday the thirteenth? * You also took James mother at the same time Sara was seen crying, she didn't tell me why I didn't see her playing with her brother next door Do you have enough room for so many people? Granny, Uncle Mark held my hand at the funeral Uncle Richard, Aunt Jane hugged and kissed me Many many people came to wish them goodbye Granny is old, she placed a letter on their coffin The graveyard was full of flowers, candles and tears Mom and Dad were buried together and Granny says she also wants to lie with them But I don't know where my bed is I thought you would also burst one big cracker at the cemetery** So that we could all be together with you God, when are you going to burst the next cracker? Love, Jim FIRST Balveen Cheema November 15, 2015 Contest: Oil Painting-3 Sponsor: Eve Roper * Paris terror mayhem on November 13, 2015, is no less than any terrorist attack in the world. Innocents die and families suffer. ** A bomb goes off at a funeral in Baghdad.