dedicated to Dad,
for what he knows and
cannot say --- with Love
To the Slotnick Cousins... and associates.
The dry wind blows in
from off the Lake,
as we sit and muse
inside the Drake.
I ponder on our World
to really help the fate
of wealth and worth,
as I sit above my plate
of seafood from off the Cape.
Our U.S. country can be great -
A land and globe of hope
and care. Yes, we can sate
the greed and hurt upon our
kin, as We set up The Jewish State.
Inside the slotted windows' grate,
we ponder on what comes and goes on
outside upon the Drive and on the Lake.
We even see the coming of Dawn,
As we sit inside The Drake,
and of people's wishes for success
that they be given one good break.
We used our brains and God-given skills,
of course we also had our thrills, of
lesser men we did not shame them
for their weakness or their pains.
To stoke the furnace of industries' grate
We pushed and shoved our way above
to mold and form our world's fate.
We may grow old and hold our shames
inside our hearts which will not break
no matter what others do or say,
As we sit in The Drake.
And so sadly, one succumbed
to the cold and silent wind from off the Lake
Oh!, Our friend, you were brave
and smart, but couldn't leave
from inside The Drake
in time to find our secure
home and place outside our
native Polish homes,
an out and by our new found cape
of God and Cod, East from the Lake and shore
our place where wind were ocean-salt,
they filled us up with strength
to keep us going and to take
mishpocha (family) to the top.
... And So our spirit and our
hopes still sit with you,
we wish you well, Meyer,
inside the Drake.
____ ________ _____
below is for a Buddhist friend and scientist
WHERE EARTH MEETS SKY
IN AIR SO HIGH,
WHERE MEN DID RISE
AND MEN DOTH LIE.
FROM MOUNTAINS DOWN
TO EARTHLY BOUND,
MEN WALK AROUND
TO DIN OF SOUND.
OH GOD IN MAN
EACH AS HE CAN
'TIS NATURE'S PLAN -
ALL THIS I AM.
THE PLAN DIVINE
FOR EACH TO FIND
A DIAMOND MINE
IN HIS OWN MIND.
AND IN EACH GEM
A DIADEM,
THE JOY OF MEN
IN EACH OF THEM.
SO FROM ABOVE
AND SO BELOW
I SEND MY LOVE
AND SAY - HELLO !
westward and south.
Alan Rosenfield / 8-Oct-99
