Life's Purpose

My duty in this life is clear pass love from the child within me Along with prayers from those that died for all the hopes of things to be

My rendition of my grandfather Eddie and Freddie Volo graphite on canvas

Each day I wonder why I'm here

is it to fill what love requires

Or is there much more to my life

than all the joys my heart desires

 

I have been the emissary

of ancestors who came and went

My purpose lay within the genes

that through life and death they have sent

 

As thousands struggled lived and died

they entrusted within my soul

Hopes and dreams from generations

that led family in life's goal

 

My duty in this life is clear

pass love from the child within me

Along with prayers from those who've died

for the hopes of things that might be

 

While I tie my child to the past

going back to antiquity

He takes me into the future

granting us immortality

Author's Note

I have often thought that a fathers job lay not only in his ability to provide.It is to enlighten your children with love of life. With that in mind I feel it important that we pass old wisdom's to the new. Time has a way of wearing us down. The old recriminations seem to ring out hollow as we ourselves become polished by the winds of time. In that end we see that enlightenment shows bright upon the simple truths that society masks and hides. We are here to succeed in life. Not monetarily but by producing a better version of us each time. Darwin would be proud. However to me Humanity has transcended the boundary of sentient thought. Leaving us a greater purpose that of carrying our brother along with us on life's journey.
Yesterday was the 20th running of the memorial race for my grandfather Eddie.may he rest in peace.
They don't make those men anymore!

Reviews

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

yes Tate~ this write of yours I understand intimately~ from its roots to the tip of each poetic bloom~ inside of us not only do we carry the gardens of the past but the seeds for the future~

[Champagne]

Very touching and beautifully written.

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

Enjoyed reading your work..Being adopted, my ancestry was lost to me..I hope that you know about your ancestors and can tell your child about them.That is most of my ancestry was lost..I know a little about my father's family...Sunflower

[Tommy]

Tate,
First ,I want to say that the picture is priceless. And the words that follow come in a more serious tone, but are nonetheless as priceless. I often think of children as being our transportation into immortality. It is truly through them that our legacy lives on through. You never cease to amaze my mind with your heart felt and so meaningful writes.

Fine Write My Friend!
RLG,
Tommy

[black.butterfly]

Great work with clear massege: Entrusting the new life to our children and have faith in them. This inspires change and leaving the old ways in order to find the path to a brighter future.

[Jeff]

Great work on this one. We all have to remember what he pass on to our children and make sure it's positive.

[Theodore]

what a great,great,great, poem well done

[Kelsie Eileen Stark]

Very true words spoken here....wonderfully written.

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

This is a touching tribute to the elders before us.
You remind us that we were all created special.
It makes one appreciate life.

[S Sanders]

Beautiful last stanza. Of course the whole thing is wonderfully read worthy (as usual), but I especially appreciate the depth and wording of those last four lines.