five oh

when first we knew you
you were mystery and wonder
even small, you were deep water

we watched your knowing come
like starlight behind aurora
like stories without endings

you get lost in the forest
yet you help others to be found
and while waiting, dry their tears

you go to the centre of storms
around which trouble spins
and it is stilled a while

the sun was sleeping at your birth
because you belong to the moon

© oct 2005 Elias
elias1943@shaw.ca
Calgary, Canada