Tree of Life
May 8, 2022
The boy, with eyes like yours, a smile just for you,
tucks pieces of you away and takes them with him,
as he’s leaving.
Indelible closeness. Memories he can’t remember.
The three of us at birth.
A sun to the mother’s growing, she offers him her heart.
He offers her the radiance of redemption. The world, so
ripe with promise, glistens with possibility.
The boy discovers fruit, and leads his mother to the tree.
LBM 12/23/06
