OUR DESTINY LIES ABOVE US.

she hugged me tight, burying her face into my back and the longer i drove, the tighter she held. though her eyes were close i knew she was smiling, i could just tell.

You wrote to me once, listing the four chief virtues: wisdom, justice, fortitude and temperance. As I read the list, I knew I had none of them. But I have other virtues, father. Ambition. That can be a virtue when it drives us to excel. Resourcefulness. Courage. Perhaps not on the battlefield, but … there are many forms of courage. Devotion, to my family and to you. But none of my virtues were on your list. Even then it was as if you didn’t want me for your son.  

I’ve been trying so hard Not to think of you But the memories brought me back again Your name engraved herein

how very special are we for just a moment to be part of life’s eternal rhyme

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