From the Big Bang

From the Big Bang to my little birth

The Cosmos has been spiraling out till it formed the Earth

Now here I sit with pen in hand

And foot swinging off stage with a Bear of a man

Behind me showing what life is worth

It’s so nice to know we’re all human

Just the same, with the beauty of diversity shining through

So we reflect it on each other as we sing, dance, and play

While we’re growing up to learn how to stay

In the moment

In the present

The gift we’re given

In the life we’re living

I want to remember

To protect my brother

For I am his keeper

And not forsake my sister

If I lose her I’ll miss her

To the younger ones

I must be an elder

To the elder ones

I stand on their shoulders

To see farther

By their beacons of wisdom

With thanks I list them

As the proof of my past

Cause I know I won’t last

Unless the little ones hold fast

And carry their present forth to the future

To present it to their younger

And not cast asunder

The process of our nature

I celebrate my teachers

The keepers

Of knowledge and history

Traditions and identities

Even our enemies we must love

Because they teach us too

The value of friendship

Lest this we forget and lose

Remember love

Bring back to mind

The embers of

Pieces of peace divin