for all we know
and who we are
I stand a head tall
among so few
who could mirror to myself
as distant
seems not so far
so keep close what you love
and love best of all
just what it is that you do best
yet keep all closest to your heart
and love life and God all the more
and to me that by far equivocates
the definition of success
only a far better poet than I could tell
you the rest..................
(May 6, 1998)