Triumph
A chapter of summer success
Flowering from proximity and prayer
This cenotaph to loyalty
Born from a year of despair
Visibly strutting to audible cheer
I have a foot on the steps to a consecrated shrine
Absence is vanquished by memory
Through another we are inspired to shine
Many stars sparkle against the raven sky
'Tis this star's turn to burn most bright
A deserving, dazzling wholehearted beam
To illuminate the embarkation of night.
© Paul Ginz.
