Dear Beverly

Just stopped in to say hello.

            Mi Amor!   You remembered me.

Always

You boys won again ... Cards had the day off.
Three back, six to go.   Gonna be tough.
You finish at home against the Rockies and Giants.

No tune today, wrote something instead:

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Words can bring such pain.

A simple phrase cruelly twisted.

Cutting deeper than a blade.

No blood, but deadly just the same.

And sometimes words are not enough.

“I love you” … not enough.

“You are not alone,” though gently spoken.

Is simply not enough to ease the pain.

Drowned out by those who spit their words of hate.

Damn their taunts; their vicious slanders

Against the gentle souls with no defense

To shake off the vile and ugly blows.

Cast up your shields, though weary from the struggle.

Stand the ground, be true the heart.

To shout the words above the roar,

“I love you!” … “You are not alone!”