The Unveiling

There in the air below the green trees bees dance in the heat of the sun Clouds harvest and darken blocking the dim and dusky light the ground beneath is cool and waiting Years pass before the rain falls before storms gather and crack the sky many years of brown leaves and bare trees A sudden journey across the ancient ocean from the Old world to the New dreams packed tight in swollen suitcases **** An arduous life is forged out of vigilance and hard work a harmony of joy and love and sorrow The matriarch of the clan the indisputable rock foundation for the lives that came after The lives of your children seekers of wisdom and magic carry your name in their broken hearts The silent days and years are done the battered trees are quivering and bare but you, beloved, will always be here