Blood-Line

Children of men we are

Water brothers by time

I could not tell whether it was just yesterday

When we learned our first knot

Push and pull, see and halt right there

What is a bloodline?

It snakes through many mountains

Reaches the sea, holds in a barrel

Steams a shirt and makes a cup of tea

For every moment we laughed, shared and sailed

I thank you and hold you against the sun

In each drip I know you are there,

In all that was, is and will be, a part of you exists

Life is but a moment we get to live,

I stand tall; I knee to the cold ground and fold a flag.

You taught me how

From across the state line, I am there

Man of honor, heavens wait

Our last hoorah hasn’t rung

The silk in the bloodline is now and always

Below a vessel, underneath my eyes
Life is but a moment that I saw through your mind.

12-27-11

For Eda, when his friend passed.

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