Maker's Mark

[good4somethingbum]

Maker’s MarkLittle Judy was a smart, creative girlsure to make her mark in this crazy worldthen one day she chased her puppy in the roadand ran in front of a speeding Fordher father and her mother, began to blame each otherand gradually grew apartwith no one he could look to, in time her father took todrinkin’ Maker’s Markhe’d moved out…the papers were all but signedhe dropped by to feel the past one last timewalked a hall and wept outside a haunted roomwondered why heaven would take her so soonquestioned his Creator, till on the refrigeratorhe saw some macaroni arthe felt his little Judy, because its simple beautyall bore its maker’s markand sometimes the most honest prayeris from one who doubts anyone’s therehe knelt in the kitchen feelin’ helpless and weakthen that puppy hopped up and licked his tearstained cheeksand in the simple sweetness of that little dogsomehow he felt the kindly hand of Godcos when shadows deep n black, surround a shattered heartlight shining through the cracks, is our Maker’s marklight shining through the cracks, is our Maker’s mark©2007 Robert George