I would wish
you here,
here as you were;
the eyes large
and deep
as oceans.
I would
have you
to hold,
back from
the dead,
not some place else,
but here instead.
I would
that you would
speak again,
soft, deep
and with that
hint of joy,
my lost son,
my grown man -
boy.
A FATHER TALKS TO HIS DEAD SON.