trust

there was this one special moment
fee was running around at the fun run
and there was a small 3-year old boy
following him
totally trusting
and fee was chasing me
as i was chasing kennedy
and he said
dad

this is ivan
and i have etched as if in granite
ivan's face
as i glanced at him
a dissonant painting of
trust and apprehension
after fee's introduction
still chasing fee
as he was
and i just smiled
warmly
that's all i did
he had given fee all his trust
and now fee was introducing a new factor
me
to this trust
and as if in perfect
echo to my warm smile
his face lit up in a reciprocal expression
delight

and he followed me
or fee
around the rest of the day
delighted
happy

trust is so precious
far more precious than precious
metals and stones

and wherever i find it
may i remember this moment
and always treat it as
the king of gifts
and decorate it on the altar
of my heart
never to be discarded
or dishonored