A father's tears for his daughter

My eyes moisten

as she picks up

from the album

photos of a sunny childhood;

her nostalgia

touches my silent suffering

over her pain of a world

shattering again

I cannot bear

to see her hold on fast

to dreams past.

Clear blue sky

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What a weak will

can do

with a little help

from friends?

To the parched earth

first showers

of summer

do very little

but mean so much.

I was lost

to myself

in wilderness

of dried dreams

with broken backs

and then

suddenly

a downpour

without warning

swept me

to the edge.

It’s clear

Blue

Sky

Now

All around.