Twenty Thirteen Fading: June

Karma Yeshe Donden:
             survived near-fatal birth,
             portrayed in the wrinkles of an old man,
             great dark eyes survey his world,
             he lounges naked in golden bath of sun,
             invents throat songs,
             quaffs deep droughts of formula from father far,
                                 (whose bedside portraits
                                   recreate Karma's smile
                                   over and again twenty four seven)
              discovers new ways to animate
                                    his tiny new born limbs and fingers
              learns the lines of his father's face
                                    within frame of eye phone.

Will you one day know your white dry grampa
               who lives across the Earth?

               Better know your father first.