this hand that loves this page
allows no proxy for such said love to be paid
'The Familiarly Unfamiliar'
preys so easily upon one mind
as one theatrical thought supersedes another
the process so unique yet utterly complex
out distances any chance to even remotely digest
the least lesser being that of its own near to
natural kind
near oblivious obsession waters future award
winning gardens of grand virtuous vision
left until now unattended by a youthfulness that
has finally seeded to flourish
time comes of necessary age
under the carefully controlled tutelage of the
task master soul
the bulb that excels to bloom
learns like most usually by trial and error
yet only just now how to be better nourished
there for we must concede that the master
architect has exceeded his original goal
one sweet, sweet instant of a life so personally
precious
has become perfectly reflected in the rosy hued
words of one poetic soul's deeply private art........
(Feb. 24, 1997)