Laughter

Peter on October 8th, 2010

When our heart is broken
Or our soul walled off
First a smile
Then a laugh

These are the steps
Through which we rediscover
The step that is love
The healing step
The step which walks through walls

First a smile
Then a laugh
These steps are the healer’s first business

(for Anna)

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Peter on April 10th, 2009

Summers in New Hampshire provide a teenager with blissfully warm weather and an abundance of distractions from the boredom that seems to accompany the day-to-day existence of the young.
There were the streams in which I’d fish for trout, and the marinas filled with pickerel, and Weirs Beach with its small mouth bass. My [...]

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