Listening
to him
you'd think we two sang
the way saved sing,
making the connection
between loss and love,
holding its music
cracking stars
my dad bass to my alto.
Listening
to him
you'd think sorrow
our beacon
joy the rose
light on snow.
You'd
even think
disappointment,
sitting in the back pew,
unfrozen from frowning,
had opened a mouth, as echo.