I carry your heart

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
--e.e. cummings. Full poem.

This is the benefit of living near a hospital and having a zoom lens. I am learning. I would not have gone close to him with my 35mm, too intrusive, but from a distance I can appreciate his rumpled hopefulness, his book, his gift.