Most Cherished Bond

Depth of expression in portrait plain, When mine meet his transparent gaze.

Unfolding experiences that crossed

his brain.

Like a sponge soft, his worries absorb and erase.

Even slightest cause of his strain,

There is no word or phrase,

That rich in countenance to explain

Winding ways through passion’s maze.

My younger energies did I drain,

From infant to manhood raise.

There’s an innocence his visage contain,

As holding within cusp of hands I praise.

These feelings our hearts mutually contain,

Let me swap places and rephrase.

From within me he sensed my pain.

As most loving one mine, parted ways.

My grieving soul couldn’t sustain,

Under tons of soil his body stays.

Composure I could no more maintain.

So many a times still heavy did I daze.

Before my mind to tolerance train.

From then on he my listener plays.

We have a bond that connects our brain.

Journeying from lap to later phase,

Such depths I dare to explain.