A spark
was all I saw at first –
a little burst of sunshine
beaming out amidst
a mist of flaxen hair –
backlit by window light.
Inspired
by a friend she spied –
ten years her senior,
whose turn to see her
thrilled her infant heart –
she flashed a golden smile.
The gathered,
solemn, come to grieve –
a sun long bright
now shone no more,
except in memory –
are lit by borning light.

Jim Rapp taught history at Osseo-Fairchild High School from 1970 to 1996 and directs drama at Evangel Assembly of God Church in Eau Claire. For more from Jim, click here.

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