tables turned, but the one thing, choices made, understood, believed,
still believe, still cherish and value, love, everlasting, pledging,
beauty and uplifting, difficult and hard, but true, above all true,
faith and grace and love, and above them all stands love, love, love,
little hearts drawn above i's, feeding your wife of 20 years when she
is sick in bed, holding the hand of your soulmate when she gives birth
to your child, or maybe it's not even yours, being there to see you kid
graduate from college, from high school, from trade school, giving away
my daughter at her wedding, watching my son from the front pew as he
looks down the aisle at my future daughter-in-law. futures, colliding,
impacting, fragmenting, dissipating, mosaic dissolve, into a park bench,
nice wooden with cast iron railings, by a pond, in a park, near a river,
wherever ducks may be, and feeding them crumbs, dried bread, torn up
my old age spotted hands, well used from hitting the keyboard for
years, blue skys dotted with clouds, sunsets, beautiful in pink and
purple hues and saturations, #FFFF00, maybe, if i get it right, or
think i do, but dreams wishes hopes manifested on television, at least
someone lives them, even if it is fiction
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