People Poems · CTP-0011
Waves of a Man, Goodness Come From Afar




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They say the very atoms from the final breath
of the great and terrible Caesar, having since
left that mighty visage, have now spread like
an empire around the spinning globe. Whether
I've breathed them, I know not...
But I have been met by something greater--
a proud, loving mother's praises of her sun,
softly landing like beams of light to grow
inspiration in me to rareified heights. She
made me know, with lips that kissed and scolded
him, of her blessing that arrived a short two
score years ago. She spoke of his Zen, his calm,
of the family he has given the world and the joy
he has gifted to them, every day, so dutifully..
Something to aspire to--who this gentle man
is and what he has done, but also to live in
such lov ing praise upon the tongues of all
of those who have known me...and as I prepared
to write this, my own father and mother came
to me, and I can only pray for all that I am
to go, as it did for you, with my principle
and, like interest, grow me and grow me
so loving and gently...