For Kahlil Gibran

image: by Kahlil Gibran, the cover of, The Eye of the Prophet

For Kahlil Gibran

Page after page through the ages

of prophets, of soldiers and sages

I wrote,

not just a simple note ~ or a story,

of my trials, my worry, my fury  ~ ‘twas for glory

Kahlil Gibran warned me of this, in his book

where I look for wisdom and quotes,

a book now tattered and torn

My pen now devoted to him,

not my trickery, my charm, my whim

but my heart and my soul within

I will.

Thank you, Kahlil,

ldn