September 17, 2006

• If I met Jesus singing karaoke…

  GoJake has been doing a great job giving me things to write about lately.

  And Jesus Sings

  I wasn’t sure what to expect
  as the savior of the world
  cleared his throat and stood
  behind the microphone.

  His throaty voice surprised me,
  deep, resonant and baritone
  not at all like the angelic tenor
  I imagined he would be.

  I smiled as he sang “Sweet Caroline,
  good times never felt so good.”
  And I did feel good, seeing him
  this close, this human, this happy.

  I asked if he wanted a drink
  and he smiled and shook his head.
  He did lean over and take one of my cheesy fries
  and his face was pure bliss as he chewed it.

  I felt shy when it was my turn to sing.
  I leaned in to Jake and whispered the name
  of a different song, one more befitting.
  She winked and changed the disk.

  Familiar and warm chords
  filled the crowded bar with a
  beautiful kind of melancholy.
  I lifted my heart and voice like a prayer.

  “What the world needs now,
  Is love, sweet love,” and suddenly
  my voice was as smoky and sad
  as my surroundings.

  People stopped their chatter
  and leaned towards me at
  the edge of their chairs,
  listening for the first time all night.

  I sang for the broken-hearted,
  the love-lorn, the misplaced souls,
  and for those who had been lonely
  for way too long.

  And Jesus wept.

   

  Ok…NOW I think its done.  Tell me if you think otherwise.
  Janette

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