"Make me a man, the forgotten child many years ago."

"Make me a man, the forgotten child many years ago."

Original title, Song for the Birds

 Song for the Birds in acrylic on canvas by A V Rotor 2011

                                     Song for the Birds

 Painting and Poem by Abercio V Rotor, PhD* 

for the late Rev Msgr Benjamin F Advincula, PC

Make me an artist to capture this ephemeral sight,

The colors of the rainbow fading into the sunset;

From where you came, to this little stream I imagine,

This bastion of your feathered kind from what it had been.

Make me a teacher that I may understand your language,

Your cheerful songs from your cries, that I may gauge

The difference of knowledge from school, and that of life,

Joy and sorrow, love and care, leisure and strife.

Make me a man, the forgotten child many years ago,

Long lost searching for the truth, from what I know,

That I may be worthy of my role in passing review,

To come down from Mount Olympus to your rescue.   

Dr Rotor was conference speaker, Archdiocesan Gathering of Priests in honor of Saint John Mary Vianney, patron of all priests, Archdiocese of Capiz, Roxas City, August 4, 2011