THE WONDERMENT

In the house amid the trees
There comes a great lament
A bus goes by, to where, no one knows
The moment has come and gone
Death has knocked
And the child is left fatherless, so
The mother takes her by the hand
And slowly walks her
Into the rest of the Wonderment.......

A single star up in the sky
Seems to speak to her
She is not familiar with the Wonderment
But she feels, with great compassion
The looming loss of her father
And then the Wonderment comes to her.......

It urges her to put on her communion dress
She walks along a boggy trail
And finds that she is lost
When suddenly she see's him, this Wonderment
He is what we think we can all become
The tree, the we, the three of us
God, you, and me, a family
So in her communion dress
She steps into the church
And on her knees
She takes a sip of wine
For her the time has come
And all the other girls from town
Kneel down as well
For they have found their way back home
And without them even knowing
They have touched the Wonderment.........

Tony Taylor (Chicago)