Delight
Br. David Kaczmarek, TOR


The earliest memory can�t be more than light�
light absorbed in
sound
and scent
and sense�
the never-ending,
opened-mind of infants,
controlled, yet changing,
and all without a sight.

First day, to break away,
the hold so tight�
but not so tight to keep from yearning hands
what all is new,
and ever opening lands;
a tear begins,
the end in laughing might.

The middle memory,
light as bright as white,
with nothing to impede the furthest goal;
the later memory,
light that fights the night,
but never lacking
that which made the whole.

And that is life,
and sound
and sense
and light�
the earliest memory,
one of pure delight.




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