LEAST AND GREATEST

I woke without a shadow’s dread
Before the dawn appeared –
No cymbals sounding in my head –
No pain – no shame – no fear.

To see a self in someone else –
To marvel at a mind –
To trust another as a friend –
To welcome human – kind –

This is the antidote to grief.
That is the remedy –
To set aside the darkly glass
And breathe in charity.

(August 21, 2008, Pleasant Grove, Utah)