| A moment with Father and Vincent By Sharon Holtz One afternoon, Father sent word to Vincent that he wished a word with him. Vincent arrived at his Father's chamber threshold, and noticed the pensive look upon his face. Softly he asked, �You wanted to see me Father?� �Ah yes Vincent�come in, I was just having some tea, won�t you join me?� �Allow me to pour Father�is there something on your mind?� �Vincent�I have been sitting here, feeling a little reflective�thinking about my life. I haven't told you very much, about my past, about who I was.� �I know that your past has always been difficult for you to speak of.� �Yes, it has. I feel that now I am getting older�well, now that I am OLD�I want to talk about those days gone by. Talk about the events that led to the creation of our world.� �Very well then Father.� �When John and I came below to start this community, I was a bitter man�I am not proud to say, that I had lost all trust in my fellow man, and lost my ability to love. I was shattered when Margaret had left me, and disallusioned when the Legal community prosecuted me for my stating my beliefs�� �You were cleared of those Communistic charges Father.� �Yes�yes I was, however, both of those incidents had left me very angry and bitter. The way was clouded for me.� �You are a good, and a very kind man Father! Somehow...you found your way back again.� �Yes, I did�I found my way, and it was because of the creation of this new world, and being able to help other lost souls, that I was able to trust again�and it was in caring for you Vincent, this tiny abandoned baby, that needed my care, that I was able to love again.� |
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