Sunday, April 29, 2012

As Time Stretches...


While staring at a portrait made of my daughter so many years ago, I cannot help but wonder how Desdemona’s status holds in Cyprus with our soldiers. What she is seeing, what there is to endure, if she is being kept safe? When we last spoke, she proved to me that she had indeed inherited the obstinacy of her father. With that in mind, why is that I still worry for her so? I know I have not surrendered to the thought of her being wed to the Moor, yet I feel… I feel that I have less tension surrounding me. She is my daughter and I am her father. I suppose the instinctual air between two people of that relationship binds one to worry and pray for the other person’s safety. I cannot help but love my daughter, despite her surprising actions as of late. I have heard good news from Cyprus, the Turks have been defeated. The war is nearing an end.  My daughter is still estranged, yet as my nation’s senator, I still celebrate our victory with fervor.

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