Hello

By John Moore •
Draw simple pleasure from understanding
if it has a name, let it be your friend,
and receive the camaraderie of the world
for even nothing has a name.
stars of orion, sirius, and then
words of wisdom
history’s strange and distant friends
past mistakes to guide our future
graceful words to bind the suture
so in closing I have something to say
a final verse before I away
something new and old, and whose context is mine to say
my moment’s name, my lifelong frame
Hello, the most beautiful word I know.