somewhere
between the stars of night,
and the waves
they built the internet upon,
were a small gathering
of people, kind enough
to read his occasional words
where
trying to make sense
of life on earth
found these floundering
words forming into shapes
and ever hopeful pictures
for those who would see
tonight
gathering around him
security of their past warmth
and forgiving nature
he once again grasped
their steadying arm
in an invitation to once more
take some of their
creative mind\'s time
and share what
in this stirring of a telling recounts
will be the latest
of his many scrawlings
made possible solely by
the kindness
behind your receptive eyes