After the Rain
Stacey Johnston
- When
- a
- child
- is
- born
- they're
- a
- blank
- canvas.
- A
- canvas
- that
- is
- later
- moulded
- by
- the
- influences
- of
- the
- world
- around
- them.
- Those
- influences
- determine
- that
- child’s
- future,
- but
- they
- are
- not
- always
- kind.
- Some
- of
- those
- children
- will
- enter
- adulthood
- easily,
- unscathed
- by
- the
- harshness
- of
- life,
- but
- for
- others,
- that
- journey
- is
- not
- an
- easy
- path
- to
- follow.And
- then
- there
- are
- those,
- who's
- journey's
- are
- cut
- short.He
- only
- ever
- wanted
- …..
- to
- fit
- in.
He
- only
- ever
- wanted
- …..
- to
- be
- included.
He
- only
- ever
- wanted
- …..
- to
- have
- friends.Alec
- never
- wanted
- for
- anything.
His
- parents
- made
- sure
- of
- that.
But,
- what
- Alec
- desperately
- wanted,
- they
- couldn’t
- buy.
He
- just
- wanted
- to
- be
- normal……..He
- could
- never
- see
- what
- the
- rest
- of
- us
- could.
Smart.
- Funny.
- Goodlooking.
- Sensitive.
Alec
- only
- saw
- what
- his
- mind
- wanted
- him
- to
- see.
And
- believed
- the
- false
- truths
- it
- told
- him.BUT,
- I
- won’t
- allow
- him
- to
- become
- one
- of
- the
- lost,
- and
- when
- the
- clouds
- clear
- after
- the
- rain,
- I
- WILL
- make
- him
- see
- that
- he
- is
- everything
- WE
- believe
- him
- to
- be,
- and
- so
- much more……..
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