Footsteps

following in the footsteps
the tradition to carry on
with bowed head of gratitude
for your namesake is in my soul
though I am not a warrior
or a king I will never be
a musician and poet I claim
these gifts you gave to me
I wish I had the wisdom
that you passed on to Solomon
or the courage to slay my Goliath
but I will never be a prophet
or a champion of the people
and pray that I will never
shame the name that was given

Gomer LePoet ....