eokane@charm.UUCP (Evan Kane) (03/21/84)
First Sunday in Christ Church Nursery
Grandchildren nowhere to be seen,
Children rejecting
Love's once warm garment grown too tight.
Then this announcement:
"Staff overwhelmed by babies tears,
Caregivers needed"
Shyly,unsurely, I respond
Fish out of water.
Parents persuading by the door,
Needing their freedom,
Leaving their children here with me
Time never ending.
Gently I hold till pain abates
Tense body softens
Yielding in trust to my embrace
Head on my shoulder.
And children never seen before,
No kinship holding,
Belong to me for one brief hour
Oh, unexpected magic revelation!
Evan Kane 3/20/84