Honoring the Honorable

Out from the depths of

reluctant acceptance,

disillusionment,

and despair,

nothing was left

to which one should aspire

and

in that brief moment

of clarity...

a hand reached out,

offering

a new path to follow,

a survivor's path,

where

there was none before

and

in the brevity of time,

fixed and halted,

I knew

yet

saw not

while

silently rejoicing,

reassured

and comforted

as previously given

when needed;

still, I bow reverently

savoring

the moment of it all...

as I have been honored

so too

will I honor,

serving both the

letter and the spirit,

knowing

I have been served

by the greatest

law of all...

2Dec15