Rebirth of Our Entire Family

by

Philip Claude Andermann

Our family grew like a child.

Like a child learning to paint,
the texture of our world refined
from daubs of feelings to skilled weaving, of words
we teasingly clothed ourselves with, and to beyond...

Words of love softened into warm skin
of family's arms linking our caring.

THE BRUSH OF A SINGLE WORD OF OUR LOVE
CAN REPAINT THE WORLD.

May even a single word of our love
grow to be a great teacher
for our children - thus their world -
that they may truly create, conceive
a new meaning for our parents' lives

and their love.