WHAT'S IN A NAME ? CHRISTO-PHER

CHRISTO-PHER ..ONE WHO CARRIED CHRIST
HIS NAME HAS BEEN CONTESTED

BUT THIS TIME NO ONE CAN CONTEST

HE BROUGHT CHRIST
THE COMPASSION OF THE CHRIST
NOT FROM CHILLY, COLD , SNOWY WEST VIRGINIA
BUT FROM THE WARMTH OF HIS DISTANT PAST

ALONG SIDE
AS DON TRIED TO OVERCOME
THE RESTLESSNESS CAUSED BY MORPHINE
THE QUESTIONS UNASKED
THE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
THE CONFUSION OF THE UNKNOWN
THE UNCERTAINTY
CHRIS WAS THERE

IN THE EARLY MORN OF FEBRUARY 19TH
HE DROVE FROM HIS HOME TO PITTSBURG
ON A HIGHWAY WITH SNOW BORDERS
IT TOOK HIM 3 HOURS
HE WAS AT THE AIRPORT AT 5 AM
SLEEPLESS

HE FLEW IN
STOPPED OVER IN NORTH CAROLINA
RENTED A CAR
DROVE TO THE HOSPITAL
AND ARRIVED AT HIGH NOON

JUST WHEN DON WAS READY TO BE LED OUT TO THE RECOVERY ROOM

HE WAS THERE FOR ALL OF US
A CHRIST0-PHER.