Getting Through

Angles are Bowling

By: Erin 

When you’re little and young thunder storms are anything but fun

We cry, hide, wait, and pray until the booming is all done

To help us through this stressful time

Parents make stuff up on a dime

Like many other parents

My mom and dad would say

“Erin dry your tears. Today is not scary.

It is the angels’ bowling day!”

Confused yet intrigued I allowed them to go on

And then the storm was over

And my fears, troubles, and stress seemed to be all gone

Those times we sat and talked about angles bowling in heaven

Ended as I grew older and hit ages like ten and eleven

But this memory reminds me constantly that

Sometimes to get through a storm in life all you need to do is chat

This reminds me daily that it is okay

That sometimes we need to distract ourselves to get through the day

Finally this reminds me when I’m drowning in the daily hours

I can think about the fairies in the flowers

Or even what I would do if I had super powers

For relief until the thunder stops rumbling so loud

So I can then return to my daily work, life, routine tasks and simply be part of the crowd