The kindness of a willing heart is sometimes just profound
When we encounter someone’s heart, it makes a certain sound
As the sound comes rushing in, to our ear’s delight
What we hear builds feeling within, sometimes as inner sight
Meander along, oh heart of mind, and fix your troubled soul
Look for kindness everywhere, removing the blocks that stole
They steal the bliss if we let them, only we can let it go
So, onward into happiness, let kindness willingly flow
I’m writing to you, Elvis, as I know not where you are
It seems your time expired and I can only see so far
You were among the greatest, the best I’d ever seen
Not that I’m a critic, it is just what I really mean
I mean I felt so lucky that I was able to see you play
It was during the high school journey, back in your heyday
As a teacher and coach, it was fun to see it all
I saw your skill as a player, I watched you handle the ball
Somehow your memory won’t leave me, I think of you often, you see
Of all the players I coached, you were not on a team with me
I worked with many great players, I’m fortune for my career
It’s just that you were a legend, in a time when people would cheer
They cheered your amazing talent, a star in the sky shining bright
A star whose light stopped blinking, on a somber and fateful night
Sometimes when I look into the sky, a brilliant star blinks there
I hope it’s you playing basketball, for all of us who care
Jay Daniels: A tribute to Crow basketball legend Elvis D. Old Bull
You are my friend
To the bitter end
I knew what I said was true
Your heart filled with fun
Enjoying the sun
This certainly was the first clue
As life leads us down
A path with no crown
We think we know what to do
Other times we are lost
Sometimes it does cost
So, we look for a sky of blue
We hope and dream
That things will seem
To be just as before
We cannot predict
Or mark with a stick
As we know not what is in store
We spend time together
As birds of a feather
We continue to look for more
And then in the end
We can comprehend
That good will even the score
So keep your heart beating
The feeling often fleeting
Keep love the look on your face
The face will shine
And we will be fine
Knowing we’ve had a good race
We have each other’s back
For the things that we lack
We keep it as part of our space
We continue on
Knowing we belong
To each other in our perfect place
I tiptoe quietly through the forest, and no one sees me go
I’m cunning like a fox but I’m bigger and stronger, you know?
My beauty is not just skin deep as I walk with swagger and pride
Do not compare me to some little dog, a dog couldn’t match my stride
Notice my eyes, they have that look, something that is rarely seen
I calculate movements to ensure survival, my instincts sharp and keen
So, watch your back if you’re in the forest, and no one sees you go
I’ll be there watching, sneaking around, and you won’t even know
There were 16 million and then they shot them dead
When there were only 400, not much more could be said
But, finally people got a clue, realizing with great dread
Before the next gun was fired, they soon would all be dead
As we speak in living, our words become thoughts instead
It’s not that we had reason, it existed within our head
Of that from which I speak, the truth seems to have fled
Our ability is to see the light, when we are in dark instead
When we uproot the living, the consequences are read
Saving lives is not so simple, as every life can be bled
To change thoughts and opinion, that change must be fed
The food comes from knowledge, knowledge to which we must wed
The light is looking brighter, from the dark we want to shed
Opening our thoughts to knowledge, knowledge as food, our bread
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