The Winemaker and his Vineyard in Croatia

We have seen wars

We have seen love, and the remnants of it

We have taken steps up

these mountains

which we proudly

call our own

We have walked through

sickness and health

and kept the stones of

This house

intact.

We have grown the grapes

that have made

the wine

that you imbibed today —

and we have heard

the stories that you have

told —

as you poured your hearts,

where we poured our own

2018