STEPPING OUT, A COMMENCING FOR KATIE

 

STEPPING OUT, A COMMENCING FOR KATIE

                   --Search into the inner-pattern of things:

                                 Isn’t it joy?

                        Tu Fu*

You text me with news of fresh limes

in ice water wondering what you might

call it. You can’t know what joy

this gives a grandfather watching you

walk into this unexplored world,

discovering image by image, your eyes

opening to yourself, refreshed

and astonished. I’ve been given

these gifts, too! Katie, you are

all dance and dharma, water

colors and paintbrush. You,

the camera and the shutter speed.

Aperture and depth of field.

You with the voice of many talents--

Yes, you have, this is you,

brave one before yourself,

--Oh, my gosh!

Love Grandpa

7 June 2024

*translation by David Hinton

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