Tribute For a Commendable Soul

All across these scattered shining isles, Framed inside a bright clasp of sapphire sea, A softly persuasive wind that so beguiles, Reaching gently out, thusly prevails unto me. And in that wind that so insistently blows... I hear tenderest words only my heart knows. And high over, behind secluded wooded hills, Beyond the cacophony of cascading falls Where the crystalline stream steadily spills, Rising up to meet the cloudless crumbling tors, Are gathered the ghosts of the ancient tribes; Here, secured in their breath...his resting sighs. Far above, come the clearing velvet night, Where wheeling Firmaments fiercely blaze, I catch a glimpse, within those lights, Of that patient, knowing, steadfast gaze; The fleeting, glistening twinkle in the eye... That loving glance that could not belie. Now at every new dawn that quietly breaks, Upon brushing wings of long-drawn geese, Upon waking chorus-song of birds to mates, My soaring Spirit bounds up -- and leaps! An enduring love that keeps me whole.... An eternal love that binds my Soul. And on the faces of our children's children, I again see a likeness in their happy visage. Amidst their laughter, as they play and run, Counting my blessings as I can count the stars, When holding close his memory all the while... To find sweetest ALOHA! in joyful smiles.