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Behind the doors of this lone standing edifice

was his new start.

His mother awaited him with outstretched arms.

along with his first wife and kids who died many years back in a tragic automobile accident.

He felt this represented a deja vus moment…

A dream.

Not reality.

A hallucination.

Until his newborn daughter staring at him through familiar eyes -

imagined only never before seen until now,

came into his trembling arms passed to him by his beloved wife.

So delicate, so sweet, so real … her flesh. So intelligent, so understanding, so piercing … the eyes; MY EYES! God, if I am in a dream, please let me remain asleep for an ever eternity? The toddler encircled him making airplane noises. Weaving in, out and around daddy’s opening hangar like legs automatically ready to accommodate in familiar play. He’d forgotten the endless energy of his son.

A dream.

He imagined this was REM sleep.

With eyes were closed, he viewed everything through transparent lids. Then Momma spoke, “Close your mouth son and focus before your plane gets lost at sea!” With the grandest familiar cheek - to - cheek smile, she nods, then points towards the toddler.

That unequivocally was the reassuring pinch he needed to acknowledgehis new reality. It was worth waiting a thousand lives and suffering twice as many losses for, indeed! His face mimicked his mothers in assuming that familial cheek - to - cheek grin; it was long-lasting and wide.

Constantly smiling like that can make conversations difficult.

Try talking with a perpetual cheek - to - cheek grin;

face drawn and taught, as if rigor’s set in.

Dare you! People will surely talk hoping to dampen your spirit if you do.

Remember naysayers are oblivious to dragonfly whispers!

And they too might begin to say about you,

“That is one happy moron.

God bless his soul.

Poor pitiful one.

His head has a hole

through which his first and last mind has oozed out.

no doubt!”

It has been said that God has blessed babes, fools and the occasional wise man too!