†Papa, King and I – Valor’s Guiding Star
In memory of my Father. His love, courage, and sacrifice created and inspired the force in my life.
Papa,
Looking back as children
We once were
Of past Worlds
Real or not
My Child
As you hold my cold hand
Look into my eyes Princess
Real you are to My World
Look into my eyes
See my boyish soul
Look into my eyes
See Me before You were born
Papa, I see you as myself
An Ace, a Red Baron
Fighting battle after battle
A guiding star
Yes, my little fighter
Still, my adversaries need not be yours
Each of us is destined to wear our Scars
Along our Stars
Papa, my scar is like yours
Did it hurt
No
Papa, mine hurt
Yes, I know My Child
Know that it will hurt no more
Papa, your scar, do you feel pain no more
No more
Papa, will mine heal like yours
Oh, My Child
Healing for an Old Man
With many wounds like mine takes time
For you, all but a few chuckles lucky bunny
Papa, you remembered my favorite!
Yes, My Child
Papa, appears time is illusive
Is this why it escapes Mankind
My Child, Man clearly is in a conundrum
Of his own making
It is in Man’s nature to create problems
As He explores around him
Facing his own kind
Man aims to arrive at peace
Ultimately exploiting war to get there
Papa, you say bloody life begins in tears
And so it ends in tears
I am in tears
Why did you go
My Child, I turned to you
Hand on your shoulder
Saying I must go
Still you await my return
Papa, I regret I left you alone
My Child, you have nothing to regret
With proud tears I returned to whence I came
My Land
Never before were I and my hands more alive
Papa, perhaps I looked in the wrong place
My Child, your search is in vain
Knock down no more doors
Charge no more dorms
You will not find Me
Nor the key to My War Horse
My Mustang and I ride alone
Unto My Horizon
In time you will understand
Riding Your Skyline
Papa, you remind me time and again
Of this space I command
Power over Life and Paradise
Yes, My Child, Believe me when I say
Of God, Good and Evil Men
Innocence makes Her Stance
Veritas in Ultionem
Yes, Papa, Believe me when I say
I held true my word as my sword
Dealt with them I have
Downed one by one
Yes, My Child
As you see in my eyes
Victory was mine
At Your Birth
As Henry VIII said of Elizabeth, Watch out for her!
My Mother and Hers agreed
‘One spy in the right place is worth 20,000 men in the fields’
Napoleon and Sun Tzu too concur
My Daughter, unto new battles You are born
Strong convictions only few hold
Stand You will
Stand Not alone
‘Con el tiempo y un ganchito’
My Daughter, I stand by you I stand by you I stand by you I stand by you I stand by you……..Jˎ
Papa,
You are my Guiding Star
Happy Father’s Day!