Be Not Far from Me

by Mindy McGinnis

I yell for my mom and my dad, Meredith and Kavita, Davey Beet and Jesus, too. I call for Duke, in the end, because Jesus is all about love and forgiveness, and while that’s nice, what I really need is someone with basic first aid training and enough muscle mass to carry me out of here.

I taught them that there’s nothing worse than humans. And while I learned it young myself, I didn’t ever want to have to be the one bearing the message.