When All Is Said

by Anne Griffin

still I’d wanted to be so much more, for him most of all.

I’m in awe of you, is the truth of it. The man you are, the goodness you possess, your brightness, your cleverness. I feel a lesser man standing beside you, having watched you grow into this big strapping man of letters.

It took me a while, I’ll admit, but in the last two years I’ve read every one.