The tiny hand was lost within its father’s. Each gripped tightly, softly to the other. Within that touch, free from language or misinterpretation, resided the very essence of love.

The small hand slowly went limp; the larger paused, then released. One now free; the other chained eternally to that moment.

Adam Mitchell is a teacher, mostly, and a learner always. Current published work can be accessed in his dreams.