Grandfather Speaks by Howard Terpning...poem by ACS

with a dance of poking sticks stirring the coals a wise man spoke soft stories in the abstract soul he took his time to grab a hold of your attention leaving no detail without a romantic definition we could see he has told this one many times before we felt so absorbed and alive with surprise of even more the fire crackled and I jumped at the sound it cut sharp listening to the beauty of myth from a sages story telling art