Life is a Journey

 Life Is A Journey

On Being...

When nothing matters you seek a refuge
A place in the classroom of silence
While a rush like the great deluge
Will engulf you in your bare essence.
      
In the smithy of your being  
Will appear as an instantaneous flash;
In the realm of  the unbelieving
You decide to put it in a cache.

These songs or your stories deserve

To be told in poetry and in prose

So posterity can observe

The good, the bad, and how it goes.

A tribute to a modest father

And with due respect to all of them

For him, we have something to gather

And it is priceless like a gem.

A father to a large family

Has a closeness to the Master

Adheres to love, faith, and charity

And perseverance to muster.

A father to the prayer warrior

To the Zoom Bible Study group

You could address him as a pastor

But you need not really stoop.

(N.B.) This poem is gratefully dedicated to Fr. Leoncio S. Santiago, a secular priest, and Santo Tomas University alumnus, of Manila, Philippines. He is also a graduate of Medicine. He is the Spiritual Adviser of Sto Nino' de Agosto and the Society of the Beloved  Disciple, He is a chaplain, and a retired pastor. He currently conducts a virtual Zoom Bible Study Group. Obviously, he is a "father" to the Prayer Warriors. A silent prayer of health and longevity for him and to all the fathers of the world on this Father's Day.

(Greg Intas Caponong Trabanca)