Be rest assured that although I may sometimes seem distant, worry not your perpetually pink glowing crown that such ephemeral-barren spiritual landscapes are not a somber reaction to your unwavering positive reception of my existence……..

….in an otherwise uneventful subsistence of every day life, you have summoned forth a vivaciousness, strength and glow that could only be beholden by the omnipresent vision of warmth that lies within the scope of your eyes and within the realm of your ineffable intensity…….

Before his sudden introduction into this world, I knew little of the unparalleled joy that bears witness to the reciprocating grand smiles one receives from the lips of ones progeny.

Nothing could have prepared me for the overwhelming euphoria that permeates ever fiber of my being each and every time I hear his happiness expressed thru laughter.

In contrast, nothing can illustrate the enhanced woe endured by a father who wishes nothing more than to see that inexplicable joy in his sons eyes during this unique time of year…….

…..and even though I hide it well, everyday that goes by with no word is yet another mortal wound inflicted upon my soul…….