lesson

bubbles of oxygen

a warm hand

a brief squeeze

while balancing 

in transition 

a life 

long chosen

long lived

intentionally 

with love 

with generosity

with care

with fairness

and more than often a smile 

a gentleman

a gentle man

an example to model

in how to treat others 

that 

above everything else

the only constant

the only stability

as complex as it is simple 

the singular focus 

the most valuable lesson

learned

is family