{"id":71056,"date":"2024-03-22T11:31:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T04:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=71056"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:31:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T04:31:22","slug":"a-childs-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendstitch.com\/a-childs-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Child&rsquo;s Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Clutched tight to my chest, the doll smiles lifelessly<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>sending vacant stares down the darkened hall.<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>A solitary line of pink light sneaks through a crack in the door.<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>Fighting tears hanging loosely in my eyes, I listen.\n<p><strong><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cPlease tell daddy that I love him and miss him.\u201d<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>It has been two months since he died. Long, hard months.<br>\n<strong><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cKeep him safe.\u201d<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>His smell still lingers on his clothes in the closet.<br>\n<strong><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cand bless mommy to be happy\u2026\u201d<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>How can I be happy, or even smile, when all I want is to be numb?<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>The tears burn in my eyes, but I can\u2019t cry, or I might never stop.<br>\n<strong><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cso that she will play with me like she used to\u201d<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>I can scarcely recall the last time I was able to focus; to give her all my attention.<br>\n<strong><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201chelp her to forgive me,\u201d<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>Oh sweet baby, it\u2019s I who needs your forgiveness.<br>\n<strong><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201chelp her to love me again, even though sometimes I\u2019m bad\u201d<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>Oh God, is that what she thinks!?<br>\n<strong><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cand please help me to find dolly so she won\u2019t be scared tonight\u201d<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>Ok, focus\u2026just breathe.<br>\n<strong><span style='\"font-size:'>\u201cin Jesus name I pray, Amen.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Clutched tight to my chest, the doll smiles lifelessly<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>sending vacant stares into the room lit by a solitary pink lamp.<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>I sneak through the door, with tears rolling down my cheeks,<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'>and enter with a promise, that all her prayers will get answered.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clutched tight to my chest, the doll smiles lifelessly sending vacant stares down the darkened hall. 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