An Ordinary Miracle
(for my granddaughter Athena)
I’m drawn first to the fingers,
for their craftsmanship and eloquence,
for their exquisite reproduction
of the ones now gently holding them,
right down to the creases
in those tiny knuckles.
How? is all that I can think of
in her presence.
She tests the absence of my faith
when I first see her,
like a ship inside a bottle,
impossible to explain
with any law of nature.
Something like a miracle,
requiring a surrender to
belief again to accept
that what I see
with my own eyes
is real.
Donald Sellitti honed his writing skills as a scientist/educator at a Federal medical school in Bethesda, MD before turning to poetry following his retirement. Numerous publications in journals with titles such as Cancer Research and Oncology Letters have been followed by publications in journals with titles like The Alchemy Spoon, Better than Starbucks, and Rat’s Ass Review, which nominated him for a Pushcart Prize in 2022.
