THE FIELDS SHE'LL CROSS: A POEM FOR MARIE*

 THE FIELDS SHE’LL CROSS 

 with these little steps will change
 her little world. A vast expanse
 awaits her: there are fields of joy
 and beauty, the flowers there
 will want her to gather them.

 But there will be other fields she
 must not cross: her dainty feet
 will find mud, the muck and mire
 of a spoiled world, some places
 I pray she will never cross without

 this old man building clean bridges
 she would run through to get her
 to her bright and happy home---
 all that have been wished for her
 by all those who love her, who
 cherish her quiet, shining promise.


---Albert B. Casuga

*Youngest grandchild Marie Clementine Casuga-Lalonde was at a soccer field with her parents and siblings when she strode her first walking steps. This is a milestone, all right, she will be more "active" than the usual easy-to-babysit-baby, and she's only all of 10 months plus!