December 24, 2009
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Marconi’s heart
All the kids wrote what they wanted on the wall.
i took all the hearts home with me. there are many “cell phones” and “lap tops” and “bicycles”…
and then there are the wishes for peace on earth. For God’s forgiveness. To be made clean. the ones that make you smile.
and then there are the ones that make you cry. Rafael Jose just wants to see his baby brother one more time. Another family lost a little child as well.
And then there is Marconi’s heart.
Marconi doesn’t write. he doesn’t read. he doesn’t talk. he is deaf. i didn’t get to tell Marconi goodbye, because he didn’t come the last day. and even if he had…i would not have known how to explain it to him. Marconi got one of the kids to write what he wanted on his heart, through mime. Marconi’s heart simply says “Quero fala”–I want to speak.
and this is deeper than them all. this is deeper than me. and i weep for it.
