tribute

sometimes it seemed the sun was gone

all smiles had turned to grey

as if the travails laboured long

defined the waking day

along the path to being more

the only one i knew

who waited at the narrow door

and watched me as i grew

a texture unto azure sky

an ever giving hand

forget the times we wondered why

or when the truth would land

so squarely on our raised heads

these earthen ties don't last

they become parables instead 

that we outgrow the past

and unto sun we're looking still

made more for all we've learned

free them through our force of will

that pasts may finally burn

away across the firmament

ignited as they part

ways with we meet each day

full of hope and full of heart

there is no other way

a tribute unto all you are

a champion cut so deep

become a constant star

'neath which your three sons sleep