What lay before me
was an unparalleled gift—
This much was clear…

Eating up the moments one by one—
a brand new world for her to discover
and a sea of memories for me to relive…

And as I sit
Fingertips licking the keyboard
Trying to weave from chaos
A harmonious truth…

Decade upon decade, hollow words spill
onto the ashen remains of intolerance and ill will
as if man’s disease, words alone could heal…

“Can we please fast forward two months?”
These were the words our high school senior uttered earlier today…

The adroit trio took on the half-kilometer glide in perfect syncopation, shedding their fins like a reptile its skin as they emerged from the water…

The wrinkles of youth
are but embryos of time…