On the occasion of the Sew Hoy 150th Year Family Reunion September 2019
Here in this earth you once made a start home treasure watered with sweat, new seeds a fire you can light and which gives off sparks
the gleam of gold glowing in darkness an open door, warm tea, friendships in need here on this earth you once made a start
sometimes you imagined you left your heart elsewhere, a woman’s voice and paddies of green a fire which was lit, remembering its sparks
but even halfway round the world, shoots start old songs grow distant, sink into bones unseen here in this earth you can make a new start
with stone and wood you made your mark built houses of diplomacy and meaning a new fire was lit, with many sparks
flame to flame, hand to hand, heart to heart 150 years, sixteen harvests of seed here, in this earth, you once made a start A fire was once lit. We all are its sparks.