a resolution to be more like my infant niece

upon becoming fatigued wondering what the point is
of considering the preoccupations of man
i've decided to cast all else aside

if i could go back far enough
to master the look of the day-old child
striving for the clarity to understand her mother's face
her innocent puzzling, her wide eyes, the curve of wordless lips

i would have said it all.

i will repeat her name,
repeat it again,
and call her innocence to my hands and tongue.