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      May 22, 2014The ChasePiper Ginn

      The phone rings …
      She struggles to listen, amidst the rumble of the bus,
      the teenage chatter, and the thunderous laughter.
      “Mom” her daughter’s voice comes, rushed and shaky.
      “How’s the baby?” she asks, gripping the handrail.
      Within a moment, she’s tossed into the world 
      of Down Syndrome.
      Down
      Down
      Down 
      she falls.
      Down Syndrome—foreign words, scary words,
      life-changing words.
      Words that someone else should own.
      The bus stops, the kids depart, the field trip over.
      Alone with her worries, she recalls 
      she’s a teacher, a lover of children
      and all children, broken or whole
      are gifts from God.
       
      The phone rings …
      It’s time.
      Time to meet her grandson—Chase will be his name.
      She pictures him Chasing butterflies, bunnies, and basketballs
      like any other child.
      But heart surgery calls.
      More complications, more worries, more stress.
      The phone becomes her enemy.
       
      The phone rings …
      “Mom, can you babysit?”
      “Of course,” she says.
      Chase sits by the window
      delights in sights and sounds outside.
      Silent—he Chases words that may never come.
      Instead, he smiles, he laughs, and he loves.
      A blessing to her family,
      she no longer Chases 
      what could have been.

      Piper Ginn (age 13)

      Why do you like to write poetry?

      “Poetry allows me to take a small piece of life and make it more meaningful.”