Survivors of a Dawson Moment











Sue Davis's daughter Jill



Jane and Les McConnell's son
Jacob








That Which Lingers

The nightmare
passed over
and
no one
has come through the dark
into the light
heart unscathed
by the shadow
cold steel
touch.


We who are
still here
wonder
why
another angel
had to fly
afar.

We all learn
one
at a time of
the fragile
fabric
- our woven
intricate existence,
sewn with the yarn
of
arbitrary nature.

Can we
go on
to find
comfort
in our invisible
community-
cradled in the memory touch
of valued old friends?
O my soul-
may we
all
be
well.

Les McConnell Sept 19 2006