Thankful, July 1, 2023

Thankful..

I saw my face  in the mirror.
I was surprised to see a old man looking back.

I was sixty-four years old.
I watch my grandchildren daily and
they keep going forward.
Their big smiles and laughter made me smile.
My old face didn’t look so bad.

I stop and did a silence prayer to the Spirit of life and death.
I thank them for this day.
I pray my Grandchild and all children have a fair chance at life.

My eyes have eroded with time. Can’t see nothing without my glasses.
My hard living made my mind weaker.
I need to write notes for reminders or I may forget.
I don’t run no more.
I still can walk like a Soldiers.

My baby girl is twenty-eight now.
She is turning into a beauty like her mother.
Still living with me and wife.
New world isn’t so easy and she need a place to rest.

She is strong and
I smiled and watched her wander off.

I do a silence prayer.
Being thankful for four healthy children and five healthy grandchildren.

I walked behind my two grandsons.
Their eyes wide open to the world around them.

I sat and watched them play at Dodge Park.
I wonder how our leaders in the USA think?
Why the discussion of War is more important then education and hunger?

Their children will pay for our waste and sins too.
Our hate and fear will destroy their future for all the children
in this world.

I sat on the Clinton River.
My two grandchildren are playing basketball.
They are having the time of their life.

I pray a silence prayer for the day.
When children can grow up in  a world that is safe and
all the children have a fair chance at a good life.

I’m thankful for this day.

                               Coyote