an empty box filled

inside this big tin carcass

is a tin box

this box is empty

it would contain the love

and joy

and experience

a child should always know.

one reflects into these spaces

and often sees and hears

echoes

of nothing.

now i peer and hear

and receive love

and joy

and experience

from my new heart

newly opened to receive

the life of experience

the future of promise

you bring to me

my friend.