i know not of
my earthly father's mind
or why his faith life
had worn blind
heart broken by years of strife
he knew not The Way - The Truth - The Life
a village named Depok
journey began
weaving three continents
across which he spanned
fifth of nine kids
amidst 2nd world war
fire fights - unspoken battles
violence de jour
prison camp survivor
living hell on earth
savaged by warriors
devalued human worth
by 19 - a dad to three
fugitive in Freisland
an Indonesian escapee
here a new love
thought he had found
two families and now four children
young lives came unwound
geographic relocation
opposed two distant shores
sons and daughters now separate
through healing - restored
Hoboken, yup, Jersey
Mitch_Again next - he'd not stop
settled down in west oakland
wasn't much yet a lot!
a trained electrician, thanks Dutch PT and T
doggedly earn a hi-tech Double E
in oTown shipyards
earn'n dollahs - scrubbing floors
language barriers he'd break down
ambition held back never more
lifting cable, back broken
slowed by pain - surgeons knife
in EPA a belly grows
in '62 - i'm alive
American Dream on Susan Way
1226 targeted acquire
suburban bliss - so it seemed
achieved a long held desire
a New Year Baby
dad served as the consummate host
upwardly mobile design engineer
outward expressions? a frequent toast!
Lincoln Conti with back doors suicide - so he'd boast
mink coats and live band parties
impressed we least the most
unmet needs and wounds unhealed
toll began from him to take
a BRAND NEW house in Orchard City
start fresh AGAIN were forced to make
dad finally tipped his hand
summer's end of 72
introduced us two youngest sons
of daughters he'd long knew
he loved us all that summer whence
his heart shown nearly full bloom
A decade later his eldest son commenced
from LA to our living room
Fenian Drive unlike HIS rainbows
a promise never delivered
but you reconciled each one of us
a courageous act by a true father figure
twenty plus two years since we last saw eye to eye
i pray palms turned to heavens sky
my entire family you'll meet
kids, grand - great - and greater
born unto and through you
itself a miraculous feat
And that each one of us
fruit of the vine
HEAR the WORD and SEE the LIGHT
written down behind each line
Let each of us worship fully
our Father God devine
Dedicated to:
my earthly father's mind
or why his faith life
had worn blind
heart broken by years of strife
he knew not The Way - The Truth - The Life
a village named Depok
journey began
weaving three continents
across which he spanned
fifth of nine kids
amidst 2nd world war
fire fights - unspoken battles
violence de jour
prison camp survivor
living hell on earth
savaged by warriors
devalued human worth
by 19 - a dad to three
fugitive in Freisland
an Indonesian escapee
here a new love
thought he had found
two families and now four children
young lives came unwound
geographic relocation
opposed two distant shores
sons and daughters now separate
through healing - restored
Hoboken, yup, Jersey
Mitch_Again next - he'd not stop
settled down in west oakland
wasn't much yet a lot!
a trained electrician, thanks Dutch PT and T
doggedly earn a hi-tech Double E
in oTown shipyards
earn'n dollahs - scrubbing floors
language barriers he'd break down
ambition held back never more
lifting cable, back broken
slowed by pain - surgeons knife
in EPA a belly grows
in '62 - i'm alive
American Dream on Susan Way
1226 targeted acquire
suburban bliss - so it seemed
achieved a long held desire
a New Year Baby
dad served as the consummate host
upwardly mobile design engineer
outward expressions? a frequent toast!
Lincoln Conti with back doors suicide - so he'd boast
mink coats and live band parties
impressed we least the most
unmet needs and wounds unhealed
toll began from him to take
a BRAND NEW house in Orchard City
start fresh AGAIN were forced to make
dad finally tipped his hand
summer's end of 72
introduced us two youngest sons
of daughters he'd long knew
he loved us all that summer whence
his heart shown nearly full bloom
A decade later his eldest son commenced
from LA to our living room
Fenian Drive unlike HIS rainbows
a promise never delivered
but you reconciled each one of us
a courageous act by a true father figure
twenty plus two years since we last saw eye to eye
i pray palms turned to heavens sky
my entire family you'll meet
kids, grand - great - and greater
born unto and through you
itself a miraculous feat
And that each one of us
fruit of the vine
HEAR the WORD and SEE the LIGHT
written down behind each line
Let each of us worship fully
our Father God devine
Dedicated to:
Willem Edward Jonathans
01.01.29 Depok Indonesia to 05.24.89 Malaga, Portugal
