Brian Federle, Born March 4, 1986
Spring
Seven years after my father died
my first child, my son, was born in spring,
and in the gleaming, sterile room
I first held him in my arms
as, with his impossibly wide, blue eyes
he calmly gazed right into my raw soul,
and I felt in a sudden rush of warmth,
a timeless love
and at last discovered
the reason for my life.
It was then
I understood my father.
In my son’s face I saw my own
and felt my father’s eyes gazing
in warm wonder on me
and I glowed with
unconditional love for my son.
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Warmest wishes to you. John
This is wonderful poetry, John. I relate to this poem about as powerfully as to any poem I have read lately.
Another beautiful poem, Steven. I love this one especially.