for Jenny

while I sit at my desk working

I have a few moments to create

this just-for-the-fun-of-it poem

the leaves out front

barely disturbed by the wind,

each face kissed by the

late morning sunlight

last night I was a failure

but this morning

our tall friend

from long ago

and far away

sits out on our front porch

in our rocking chair

making herself at home

while I work

on the other side of the window

within easy eyeshot

as I glance to the right.

all at once she is our sister

and our daughter

Heather and I call her

“our Jenny”

with hearts softened

by the mere thought of her

and I am a leaf

on God’s great tree

barely disturbed

after last night’s fall

my soul kissed

by God’s grace

in the face of our Jenny.

…………..

for Jenny

by Troy Cady

with warm, friendly affection

September 13, 2018