Renewal

Published 11:30 am Thursday, June 15, 2017

After a hurry, worry day

he is content to sway softly

in hazy twilight a precious

sleepyhead at rest on his chest.

Bright eyes close against twinkly

stars. A little fist tightly folds around

daddy’s big finger. Ten perfect toes,

often counted, cuddle under

a grandma-knitted blanket.

In this hour life renews its spiritual

power. In the womb of his wife his

fatherhood was honored. Each time

their baby snuggles against his chest

love for the mother grows stronger.

– Gerald A. McBreen, Pacific Poet Laureate