You know
the many reasons
that we named you Gabriel;
.
arriving in the world
when and how you did
according to a fashion
unguided by the stars
directed by the chances
of who and what we were
.
I know my story states
there is no grand designer,
there is no author penning
lines for you to say
there are no demons coming
or angels to save the day
.
and I cannot use the devil
or eternal damnation
to turn you away
from the “dark side”
… what they call temptation
.
now that you have
no use of a soul
or a search for salvation
to easily tell you
what’s wrong
and what’s right
.
now that you know
that we may be alone
in this corner
of space and time in the night
.
now that you’ve learned
of the treasures we’ve earned
as social loners
making culture and learning to write
.
now you’ve been told
all the monsters before
were imagined and less deadly
than the monsters we know
.
now that I’ve shown you
in form and in poem
in lines and at home
through kindness
and failure and flaws
what little I know
of the nature of laws
.
I am sure you too
you will find yours.
.
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