Hope is the black cast boot
waiting across the bed
for the boy in the bed
whose brain has stopped working.
In boisterous play (for hundreds have prayed)
now kicking up dust while
compressing the leg whose
bones and brain are quite quickly healing.
Hope is the black cast boot
waiting across the bed, pointing to Heaven,
where the boy in the bed whose brain had stopped working
has gone now for everlasting play.
Gary Edward Geraci
A young friend of mine, not quite two years old, suffered critical injuries a few days ago during a car accident, a traumatic brain injury, a broken leg, and a fractured leg. Across his ICU bed, with all its tubes, wires, and blinking screens, the nurse had placed a single, black boot cast for the treatment of the least of his injuries … Things don’t look good for my young friend as the doctors are still dealing with swelling of his brain. Your prayers for a miracle are appreciated.
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