from the fear-beast at long last), joyous smile
reflecting sunlight and glowing kingdom
of family portrait’s wide-angle style --
generations rollicking in pearl-white
line like crescent moon. Then with your parents
and sis, gentle genetic pool’s quiet
quartet smiling, beauty of the moment.
You -- surrounded by love, white sand, sea oats,
great gray sky and flowing endless ocean --
emit peace, hands at rest, set to devote
all to love it seems. Tell me, when you can,
how it’s all changed: how clarity reveals
in growing light what your depths once concealed.
Roger Armbrust
July 16, 2015
