Presence~

I know what Love is
I saw it yesterday morning

It pierced through my heart
mind and soul all at once

Like a shock of lightening
undeniably loud and lucid
Yet at the same time gentler
than that soft caress of
Spring's first warm day
sending me

into the meaning of sweetness
I overheard compassion breathing out loud

Peeking inside my daughter's room
to check on her as she slept.

A vibration shot out busting my heart
wide open
And I felt his presence

Her brother, my son
laying beside her wide awake
Watching someone you love--- sleep
is a private affair

I the intruder of his sacred moment
He basking in her presence
He at very long last-at peace with destiny

Oh how she had been missed
I know
He knew
He knew
I did know
About long suffering

Don't think she'll ever know
Missed more than a crumb at Auschwitz
more than an emphysemic's next good breath

I shut the door though not as fast as I should have
wanting so to absorb his magnificent presence

He doing my job

I wonder how long he had been with her
how many mornings
and nights
I hadn't intruded

Dear GOD
May I never forget
exactly how this sweetness feels
How he has become a man
at the tender age of fifteen.

Solange~
4-5-09