I looked into my grandpa's eyes In my daughter's face disguised My son's hands now strong indeed Just like my dad's I see.
Temperament like calm currents flow From generations long ago Eyes hazel gold so beautiful Passed to me ... ages old
Grandma gave her that tenacity And there's Meema's willful personality My son took Peepa's tender heart That feels the pain of another's lot
High cheekbones a dead give away Of Comanche heritage displayed Blonde hair like one we never knew His life cut off way too soon
Deep poetic waters flow Music locked inside us rose From history past revealed today Sweet sung lullabies relayed.
Unknown tears that flowed from souls Pain and hardship we'll never know What did it take to bring us here What suffering did they volunteer
Archives of history living in me Within me the keys to great mysteries Treasures buried deep inside my soul Tapestries of lives sewn together as a whole
Fragments of you, pieces of me Weaving together delicate filigrees Illustrious building rise from the grave Living forever through endless age