grace. 



patience.



balanced. 



moral.



symbolic.



metaphorical.




love,

body

and

peace be with you.




soul and spirit.




for souls and spirits.





righteous.





eloquence.




you were all the words
my grandmother would’ve used
to describe the catholic church.



i mean, the pope!



the man my father was taught to be.
or so i thought you to be.



like a prayer in the palm of your hand.


sweet ease, soothing soul.


a feather’s float meets my finger’s center.


mine, now.


to have and to hold.