Mentor

Dedicated to teh man who was my mentor when i was a younger man, and his father, my othe rmentor, they are fathe rand son and both ministers

Mentors like him are one of a kind

from families that are the same

Godsends to rowdy disturbed teenage boys

Who are going through whatever kind of pain

Anchors to steady that ship that is tossed

on a raging and stormy sea

tossed by the waves of derision

and mine were tossed by many a hurricane and rising tsunami

And now, it does seem that his ship is tossed

God give me the strength to be

the anchor I must to steady his ship

as it is now tossed on the raging sea

for the 62 year old man, and his 85 year old father, the  son,

recently paralyzed, and both of whom , were mentors

to one who will  soon become.. "the swan rider"