I have walked among you
some dozen years now
learned your faces
know your voices
can call your names
some dozen years now
learned your faces
know your voices
can call your names
I’ve heard you speak your passions
seen you walk the lines
of reaching out to help
I know your heart to serve
Together, we have sought out wisdom
invited in, listened to and questioned
the best and brightest in the land
who ply themselves to understand
Together, too, we’ve helped to build
I’ve seen your courage
know your metal
watched you taking action
There’s more to come
change, adapt our middle name
lead is what it’s about
change, adapt our middle name
lead is what it’s about
Walking together
speaking our passions
searching out wisdom
changing, adapting, acting
we’ll challenge the mountains
and by God’s grace move them…
My best to you!
*In accepting ICCTA’s Ray Hartstein Trustee Achievement Award,
Lin Warfel quoted from his own poem “I have walked among you”