The Presence of Absence, is a story...
of grief and wonder.
Told in prayers of light scraped across...
a stucco wall of our house.
With time the colors returned...
to embrace the wonder ...
of my grief transformed by forgiveness.
Grateful for her presence that lingers within my life.
Forty-five minutes standing still...
to loose their identity...
and together...
we find the angel in the dark.
As an outsider, ...
... I seek strangers.
... I see myself here, ...
... glimpsing the rituals of our belonging.