Sunday, June 2, 2013

May 14, 1995



May 14, 1995
 
Last Friday, I attended the funeral
    of a young man I did not know. 
As I marveled at how moved I was,
    at how many tears came,
as I raptly listened to the priest
    speak of the necessity of death
    for the birth of new life,
I found that young man in me.
I was glad to meet him.