A Poem For My Great Daughter: An Orchid Of Light For You

What a wonderful light you are

With a smile that goes out onto the horizon

A laugh that is it's own tune!

You are brave in your perseverance

You are a tower of dance and song

You are quiet like a little stream hiding in the woods too

For you I aim all the powers of The Great Spirit to bounce off the moon

For you I hope against the arches in the dark

For you I beg courage and kindness from the concrete of here and now

We share a thawing lake of humor still

What a great daughter you are

Though time is charging at you a wild spitting mustang

You don't ask for my perfection or your own

You need just a drop of water for your mind's light

This orchid from my heart to your own