†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!