Today I came upon
The path
You and I
Once walked
In a midwinter reprieve
When
The wind swept the
Snow
Descending from the giant centennial redwoods
In
Clouds of sunny diamond dust
Your tiny hand in mine
You looked up and said:
"Papa, why is the sky blue?"
If I remember the question
I know not
The response I gave you
It took
I hope
The shape of
A lullaby
A nonsensical rhyme
In the form of a
Cloud
A silly unscientific answer filled with musical words
Maybe
An untruth
Some pontificating realists will quickly claim
But you laughed
And your eyes shone
Like they do today
When you speak of your own dreams
And
Life
Living
It
Full steam ahead
As it should be
You do not ask me many questions any more
As to what or why something is what it is
You found out
In your own losses
In your own pain
Why
Sometimes
Gray replaces blue
And the sun stays
Hidden
For days that become weeks
And yet
You guessed that
We can carry the weight
Of Absence
Or Disillusionment
And slowly trudge through
Winter's snows
To reach
The promises of spring
The path
You and I
Once walked
In a midwinter reprieve
When
The wind swept the
Snow
Descending from the giant centennial redwoods
In
Clouds of sunny diamond dust
Your tiny hand in mine
You looked up and said:
"Papa, why is the sky blue?"
If I remember the question
I know not
The response I gave you
It took
I hope
The shape of
A lullaby
A nonsensical rhyme
In the form of a
Cloud
A silly unscientific answer filled with musical words
Maybe
An untruth
Some pontificating realists will quickly claim
But you laughed
And your eyes shone
Like they do today
When you speak of your own dreams
And
Life
Living
It
Full steam ahead
As it should be
You do not ask me many questions any more
As to what or why something is what it is
You found out
In your own losses
In your own pain
Why
Sometimes
Gray replaces blue
And the sun stays
Hidden
For days that become weeks
And yet
You guessed that
We can carry the weight
Of Absence
Or Disillusionment
And slowly trudge through
Winter's snows
To reach
The promises of spring
Copyright 2011 Alain Millon
