Celebrating a Tragedy

On William Shakespeare’s birthday we think
It was an up and down day.
It was sunny and it was cloudy.
It was rainy and it was dry.
The contractor finally brought the stone for the wall in the front garden,
But once more he did not work on the wall and some of the stone was wrong.
I attended a MICAH prayer vigil for a 19 years young woman full of promise and hope,
Who was killed as she sat on her front porch with friends one dark night last week.
A friend in jail for mental health issues was finally released,
But not given the medicine that he dearly needs.
I worked on the garden
But not nearly enough.
It was a day of small tragedies and small celebrations,
A day of ups and downs
But just like every day,
All’s well that ends well

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