Dear AJ

(Christopher Van Name)

For Alexander "AJ" Betts, Jr., from Des Moines, Iowa. Another teenage victim of suicide back in 2013. Like Tyler Clementi, Channing Smith, Sara Hegazy and countless others before and after, he was lost in the flood of hatred caused by fear and ignorance, after being outed, shamed and bullied for being gay. LGBTQ (our propensity to label people continues to fuel its own dysfunctional form of prejudice) teens are 4x more likely to kill themselves than teens who are not labeled so. Every 45 seconds, a person who has been labeled LGBTQ, between the ages of 13-24 in this great, accepting and empathetic country of ours, Attempts to take their own life. A worldwide pandemic, an opioid epidemic, world discord, assault weapons and mass murders, hunger, oppression, greed and avarice running rampant, and we allow the flower of our youth to take their own lives because they're not accepted as part of the so called "norm"? Shame on us. I wrestled with my approach on this one. I tried to imagine AJ's mother's anguish and despair. In the end, I went with lyrics written as a series of imaginary letters from mother to son. I'm sure no words of mine can do this tragic and on-going criminality any justice. Pray one day we wake up.

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Dear AJ, It's been pouring all day The cornfield's all but washed away And the moonlit mud is everywhere Remember how it used to rain forever? You can still feel winter in the air It's springtime in Des Moines We miss you Wish you were here Dear AJ, There's a harvest moon tonight We just got home from Prairie Lights Remember when we used to take you there? We're heading up next week to Okojobi We'll be back in time for The State Fair It's summer in Des Moines Miss you Wish you were here Dear AJ, The leaves are turning fire red Now I know just what you meant When you said the world was cold and gray Anyway, the days are growing shorter Pretty soon the geese will fly away It's autumn in Des Moines We miss you More and more each day My darling AJ, It snowed all day yesterday I wonder how much more we'll get today? It's just not the same without you, dear We're staying home for Christmas Just like we did last year It's lonely in Des Moines We miss you so much Wish you were here Oh AJ, You were so young and beautiful So full of love and light I think about you all the time Sometimes it's hard to sleep at night And every time I hear the wind Or smell the summer rain I feel your spirit deep inside Swallow all my pain And I don't know why, but I guess it's true Most people never change But if they tried, I know they'd see That love is all the same AJ, sometimes I think we're all to blame Goodnight, I love you Can't wait for spring again

© Christopher Van Name 2021

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