The Silent Warrior

You remind me of the spring wind

Moving the tree tops, weaving a dance of life

You are like the summer rain

Moving at an constant that is still

Your scent – it claims the room

When you inhabit it, they all

Feel your presence, even though evanescent 

Gently you lay down your laws of charity

I speak for a majority when I say

The depths of you most will

Never have the pleasure of knowing

You win battles by wit-full intelligence

Which affords you splashes of silver

And rainbows of gold

You walk slowly but tall and steady,

In every measure

It’s as if following a Queen’s procession

During a yearly parade

Carrying a fire in your soul

One that feeds many

Like a sunflower always following the sun

You are water and earth

Strong yet pliable and ever nourishing

You remind me of a mountain sage

For lessons leave your lips so often, and patiently

Today I honor the warrior within you

For I can see a battle approaching,

As always you will bravely face it

With unwavering courage and immense endurance

And limitless love that knows the far horizon

Yet looks down at the road and keeps walking

You are like the wind, swaying the treetops

Uniting them in the dance of life.

Written for my Latong, Rowena on her birthday 2011, 30^th of September.

My God Is My Vow (Lillian)

Today I have walked into the horizon

Following God, my vow and my path

Tomorrow I’ll lay my head and rest,

One final time

With my flame burning out, I spare you my words

My God is my vow, and it’ll always be

Come to sit with me for an eve, for a moment

And I send you to another sphere,

Forgive me, let me go and remember me

In kind, I will know you for everything

As I know you today, you shall be with me

Forever.
My God is my vow, and you my son, are my prayer.

For Lonnie as his mother passed and was laid to rest on 9/15/11