Laughter < > the balm of the soul Loving touch < > inner vision for the 'mole' Imagination < > the flame nascent within the coal Evolving into my true self < > the goal The life gourmand's avarice < > my dangerous shoal I think of my Dad tonight, & his paperweight of coal I remember his impregnable wonder, and I start to again feel whole Imagination < > the flame nascent within the dark coal