a Christening photograph
father child mother
a formidable background
under gentle weight
the child rests securely in
Gothic hands with the semblance of stone
a granite caress
a rock a tower a pillar
watch the eyes
mind's mortar cracked
thought's seep through to
another time
same trio
after the funeral side of the road
your father's death has chipped
the stoic facade
I watch
you raise those heavy hands
damming the flooded pools
hidden tears behind a wall of stone
gripping the wheel
you drive on
these hands
hold the memory
those hands
cradle the infant
similar not the same
time deepens cracks and crevasses
yet gazing at you
a solitary unprotected tear
baptizes us both
in a somber sea
copyright 2008 t. ewing
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4 comments:
Ah! So good. I love this one too, I'd forgotten it. Knowing the story helps, I imagine, but the visuals you conjure--imagery again, I guess, but I was trying to look for a different word--are so vivid. And I love the picture of baptism at the end.
AJ
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Unlike AJ, I don't believe I know the story behind this . . . But I really like the imagery, too . . .
In aggreance with AJ, I love the imagery and I remember the story. This is the one that you gave mom-mom and grandad with the photo of you that hang on their bedroom wall at the old house :)
~Nicole
This one slays me. I have held the child who now lies on the "funeral side of the road". Not sure if it's your brilliance or my pain, but this one hits home.
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