(8:40 p.m. EST Tuesday 09/12/2000 by JCH)
within these darkened eyes
beneath this stony façade
or in spite of
it
lies a world of wonder
in which i wander
i am shocked by the brightness of my son’s smile
of the innocence in his laugh
of the stark blue sky streaked with cotton-fresh white
of the reflective silence of the night
of the cleansing relief of an afternoon shower
and the redemptive touch of the sun on my face
of the power of memory
and the hope of a new love…..