Ordinary World

Living Without

Meet Veronica. She is an 18 year old girl struggling through high school. Her mind is filled with transparent things she doesn't understand. She wakes up late, goes to school, goes to work, comes home and does hours of homework and goes to bed. She loves cars. She rarely goes on dates. Nothing exciting ever happens. One day as she was walking through the parking lot to her car another car came speeding out of no where and the next thing she knew she was waking up in the hospital. After she realized what was going on she noticed she was missing a leg. Her right leg. 

How will she ever drive?
What will she do differently after such a life changing event?
How long will it take for things to get back to normal? Will they ever?

shake the dust

this is for the skinny boys.

this is for the girl crying at 3 am.

this is for the rape victims.

for the single mothers with no one to lean on. shake the dust.

this is for the orphans and the neglected children growing up too fast.

this is for the misunderstood.

for the 17 year old girl saying goodbye to her mother dying of leukemia. shake the dust.

this is for the hopeless.
 
for the ones going through life but not living a minute of it.

for the discouraged school teacher who thinks no one is listening. shake the dust.

this is for the girl with scars hidden under her clothes.

this is for all the red-headed bearded guys.

for the parks and the hobos who live there.

Shake the dust.

this is for the one sitting in the rain

make sure that when the sun rises tomorrow you are there watching it. Wherever there may be. Breath it in, let it out. shake the dust.

feel the wind on your face and know you're still alive so start living. step back into life with a smile on your face and your soul open.

then speak. stand. shake the dust into the air and let it fall to the ground, kick it back up and watch it fall again. because life is worth living.