A handshake across the divide, all smiles,

not just for the poised

and focused cameras,

but for the owner of the Korean future,

it means the world

and the world watches on

in astonishment at this symbolic act,

a single step in the right direction,

back and forth the two men go,

the right direction, no matter the influence,

the right step, a holding of hands,

if not of ideals, regardless of the position,

another Berlin Wall moment

in days of endless bad news.

Ian D. Hall 2018