The Other Side of My Writing...

is poetry.

I wrote this for my Okie best friend's new son, Fitzhugh. It incorporates a list of favorite memories concerning Fitz that she gave me.

It's a simple and straightforward piece - just a little something to break the lull in my posting. Hope you enjoy.

For F.W.P.

The smell of you is Destiny

and Hope - a breath of sanctity

Long-lost before the Lord knit you

Within.  And in the war with sin,

Your smile reminds us, "Seek the light!"

The Light! - in smiles' refusal to fade

and tears shed for love and the awesome weight

of shepherding you in your dawning days

Long-writ. Likewise, God sees fit

To search and know you, and help us search and know.

Know that if naught else, you are ours

And God's - The King Who Named the Stars

has named you in perfect knowledge -

F. W. P.  So sleep and smile and be,

And walk with us The Way, everlastingly.