Song for the Birds

In loving memory of Rev Msgr Benjamin Advincula, Episcopal Vicar for the Clergy, Archdiocese of Capiz, and Parish Priest of Santa Monica.

Dr Abe V Rotor

Song for the Birds in acrylic, AVR

                                
Make me an artist to capture this ephemeral sight,
     the colors of the rainbow fading in sunset;
from where you came, to this little stream I imagine,
     this bastion of your 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. ~

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