love spread

words fly and i cringe. the hate emanates from their tones like an angry snake hissing at an unwelcome intruder into it's den.

just keep walking. don't look over there. act like you don't hear them.

the shouting proceeds from both sides - man and woman. the child is silent when the hate words are hurled at him. head down, shoulders slumped. imagine it - i can't to have those horrifically obscure words thrown in the wide eyed face. mine own green eyes are wider than saucers, but theirs are not. as their parents are unleashing, their eyes are downcast. i know because i have observed from behind the shelter of the tree bark. as the profanity moves from bad to worse i leave my hiding place of bark. her own barking continues loudly as i hurry to the box that holds mail. i pull out the notes from afar and turn back down the sandy lane. the envelopes are white and so is my face from bewilderment.

the boy neighbor i know, his older brother i do not. the parents divorced and remarried i've met but once. the man is friendly enough and she has yelled her apologies from a distance when her biting dog fiercely approaches me.

the boy neighbor is a cute kid and he knows my name. the neighbor girls around throw softballs and he and i met on the neighborhood practice field. he's country and sweet and his blond hair pointedly falls into his dark eyes. he rides a bike, telling me of it's model and make. i listen as he talks.

it seems he hardly ever smiles and i sadden at the thought as i finger the envelopes of paper. i wonder if the boy neighbor ever receives mail.

i think of the sweet notes from my own parents that are so lovingly placed throughout the house. does his mom ever do that? the words spoken today don't convey love so i can't picture love notes scattered for him. my eyes fall as i see that our lives are two very different ones. one of hate and discouragement, the other of love and peace. an almost daily look of his life from the outside shows me just how granted i take the love in my life. love is all around. will i spread love round?

{give + aways}
much love, illy
dearest lou