Happy birthday Sam.
We love you a lot.
You are the kind of ram
who takes sheep-life you've got,
slowly spreads it more
where it will grow and thrive
(known from times before)
till there are more alive
who are not goats, but sheep
who live in partnership
(humanity's own bleat,
instead of just it's lip)
So as with sheep in flock
with shepherd over all
this day we would be shocked
If you weren't standing tall.
But there are times we know
to bow the head, submit
to something that’s a blow
& then to learn through it
whatever is most apt
(sometimes it’s just to shoot
a trust-look, as perhaps
a sheep does when its mute)
We look and see & learn
how son can be with Dad,
then gladly take your turn,
to move to Joy, through Sad*.
* Remembering the truth that AA has uncovered, and depends on, and finds dependable: “The best is yet to come!”
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