If she knew when and where he was speaking
our mother would tell us she wanted to go see him
with her childish laugh and Raven eyes twinkling
we knew he must have been a special, special man
so we had to see for ourselves who he was
and while we sat amongst many others listening to his stories
we all received his gift of simple humor
and his Killerwhale lightening flash of smile
wet with the rainforest glowing in his full moon face
reflecting bright with light
our mother and we walked home with his smile
in our hearts.