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Jaime
I always wanted to do it big,
That's why the Latin King Pres,
Hip Hop and filthy politics
allured me growing up.
All these characters
playing prototypes in my story,
Through skill, or hustle,
campaigning
or manipulation,
Big was written on their poker faces,
pocket books,
and praises
Praised by bystanders, haters,
and fanatics alike -
it was contagious.
The pull of man's worship,
Always called me.
But 6am consistently intrigued me,
Jaime,
waking up from Sunday to Sunday,
consistently serving,
Pulpit to the boiler room,
liquor store corner to the library,
spanish radio halls,
to the sick halls of hospitals,
Serving
Father of 4,
Husband of 1,
Serving, Uncompromising shepherd
to one of Chicago's 7 7,
Serving, Father of the fatherless,
yet unsung servant serving,
Every time I gravitated
to a definition of false manhood,
His dynamic example left me undone,
And everytime I sought
to wave off Christ
as a traditional religion,
Jaime's supernatural way of loving,
undid my conviction,
How do you front on what's real?
Grown man,
showing up to every
Sullivan Hoop Squad game - Real.
The fatherless squad called him Pops.
How could I front on real?
Instead of cadillac riding
to the parish,
you'd see my father perish
walking in worn down dress shoes
from Hermitage to Glenwood and back
Seminario, West Side, and back,
Almost like back was his forward,
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And decrease was his glory,
'A Dios sea la gloria' he would say,
'You got to die to self always
in order to resurrect things.'
Perishing.
South Side, Pastor Ford
Pulled me to the side
Lion in his eyes,
Told me,
'Your's Jaime's reflection,
Don't neglect it.'
Honestly, I respected pops,
But inside I wanted
bigger things to mess with,
not pastoral stressing,
late night messages,
compassionate counseling sessions,
funeral blessings,
and Gospel proclamations,
Not to mention,
Nor little pay grades,
And counter - American
materialism decisions,
I wanted life big,
Like Big,
But Jaime showed me what life is,
Big is all the little things,
most don't give,
The pennies amounting to a million
over investing a whole life,
Give,
Philippians 2 type greatness,
Emptiness makes full - Give,
The silent leader makes bigger waves
through persistant ripples
that most big men miss,
Live, Small and make God big
Pushing me to reflect
on my definition of success,
Cause Jaime reflected
God's message of redemption the best.
Which left me perplexed
on how few father's are
actually Christ like present
and how I am undeservingly blessed,
So when I look into Zion's eyes,
may he see Jaime's refection,
And in so doing
see Christ's Reality, Death,
and Resurrection.
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