bread crumbs

10:47 PM

Abigail is married

Peter has 2 kids

Rachel found her "soulmate"

and Jimmy, he found his

they found love in a scary place

in a holy place

their love's in 1st place

AND RHIANNA, SHE FOUND LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE

BUT WE'RE HERE

AND WE'RE HOPELESS

AND WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR LOVE TO BE FOUND


so we feed bread crumbs to pigeons,

thinking we'll get love in return.



but Cindy still can't find Christmas

Erica still has one wish list

Abigail's marriage lasted a year

Jimmy's divorce still hasn't been cleared

Rachel wasn't her soulmate's love

Rhianna's black eye wasn't either. 


Mary lost her only son,

and God cried.


so now every sunday

 we break bread for the pigeons

 we still don't feel loved

 and God cries.




format credit: colby kimber barton

13 comments

  1. Alice S. BlackwellOctober 22, 2015 at 11:13 PM

    Love you and Colby. Good stuff here, my favorite part is definitely the end.

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  2. Colby BartonOctober 22, 2015 at 11:16 PM

    Oh my freaking gosh, I give up on everything holy rainbows this was killer

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  3. AndraLeeOctober 22, 2015 at 11:53 PM

    Madeline. This is amazing...just everything about it..breathtaking

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  4. Hannah EliesonOctober 22, 2015 at 11:56 PM

    this did something to me. thank you for writing this lol

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  5. Emma HeathOctober 23, 2015 at 12:03 AM

    Mary lost her only son,

    and God cried.

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  6. Reagan CurtisOctober 23, 2015 at 8:22 AM

    okay wow. props to both you and colby.

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  7. whitneyOctober 23, 2015 at 11:02 AM

    ok wtf you are brilliant

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  8. AnonymousOctober 23, 2015 at 11:23 PM

    This took my breath away

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  9. Natty BethNovember 1, 2015 at 10:32 PM

    Goodness Madeline. This is everything.

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  10. NelsonNovember 3, 2015 at 11:54 AM

    whoa

    the names, the real ones and the made up ones

    [i typed i miss you, then i deleted it]

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  11. AnonymousNovember 10, 2015 at 11:18 PM

    I read your blog every time you post and every time I just say wow cuz you're amazing

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  12. Trevor KnorrNovember 21, 2015 at 6:15 PM

    The names and the stories and the emotion.

    This was read out loud in class and you were living your life unaware that your words were stunning us all to silence.

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  13. Erin McDonaldNovember 28, 2015 at 1:37 PM

    i want to write like this makes me feel

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