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lol @ UFO...
anyways. being raised not only without a father but without religion as well in my house... this piece struck me on a personal level. i can see the connection you were going for between the two, the father and the Father (or His embodiement through the figure of the Pope)... but, like eM-T, i felt it could have been made a little clearer. for example...
All we kids of single moms are sad.
We’ve lost a father figure, our Holy Father.
in these lines, were you saying that children in a single-parent household miss the presence of the Lord moreso than children with two parents in the home? because they need that extra 'guidance' in the absence of their actual father?
or is it a step further... the idea that without the presence of a 'father' whether biological or spiritual, society (children) are lost in the absence of guidance. needing something to cling to, to look to, to help them feel safe and secure.
and if this is in regards to the new Pope... this actually brought to mind a conversation i had with a friend recently, how in the days passing the death of the Pope it seemed as if the people in our lives were just acting horribly to one another. almost as if with the loss of this 'figurehead of righteousness' people forgot how to act right. kinda like... how kids forget their good behavior when daddy is gone.
but yeah, im rambling.. which i tend to do in response to pieces that make me think, as this one definetly did. and its quite possible that almost nothing ive said is even remotely related to you piece . lol. but whatever... i dug the last two lines alot... definetly one of the truest statements ive read.
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