Long before he was able to determine
the distance of grief, or to measure
the weight of well timed words,
my young son came into the kitchen
where I sat on the floor,
head in hands, and he told me,
I'm sorry about your friend, Daddy.
I looked up and thanked him.
We smiled at one another
as the sunlight built a bridge
on the tile between us.
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