Kim,

I sit
and I look
at the picture I took
of our beautiful son. . .

In the immensity -
is us,
the two of us,
onlookers
of what we are
and what we have created.

In awe together,
my love and I
step back from the picture
at Christmastime, 1994

What other wonders
might we
humbly
Shepherd
ashore?

Copyright @ 2002 by Arthur Garfunkel
Used by Permission of Author. All Rights Reserved.

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