Hearing Sadness

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

                                              - I Corinthians, 13:12

Then:

Lost boy, found man.

Father, Army veteran WWII,

Boy, Army veteran Vietnam era.

Neither understood

the other,

but death does do us part.

Different drummers,

neither hearing

the other's beat.

Now:

Found man, lost boy.

Father, Army veteran Vietnam era,

Boy, never had to serve.

Neither understands

the other,

and death will do us part.

Different drummers,

neither hearing

the other's beat.

The future is as sad as the past.