When Looking at My Baby Grandson’s Eyes - David Handsher

[Larry Robinson]

When Looking at My Baby Grandson’s Eyes

You would think that 
after all these years

after all the mistakes,
and there have been plenty:

the wrong turns,
on the roads not taken

being lost,
not knowing the language

the uncaught fish 
in the next pond

and the spoiled ones
in the bottom of the bag —

that I would have learned 
just a thing or two

learned my place among 
the tumbling dice of time

learned to be, as old 
as old is, in the mirror

but when I look at
the wonder in your eyes

the future in your grasping hands 
and hear that soft sweet murmur

on your breath, delighting
in the shaded sun of the afternoon

I am not so old anymore 
My mistakes are forgiven

and I have learned just this:
the path will go on without me

            - David Handsher




"Be joyful though you have considered all the facts."
    - Wendell Berry
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