Home and Honey

What comes to mind when you hear the names Vollmer or Gunter?

Would you think it belonged to a company geared toward a hunter?

Well you would be wrong

For I can identify them oh so strong.

This combination though made of two different names

Binds a family of a link greater than fortune or fame.

Memories of children laughing merrily to adults weeping in

sorrow for the death of a loved one as a flag is hung to honor him.

His beloved wife tends to the earth of her farm despite her aged appearance.

Her children come forth to offer time from their busy schedules

demonstrating their adherence.

The seasons pass, and her children have risen to respectful ranks in the world.

Wings of the eagles have indeed unfurled inspiring many an outsider to do the same.

During the winter months this family gathers round their warm fires keeping ancient traditions of their people alive.

Welcoming a stranger into their humble abode she wonders if she stumbled into a queen bee’s hive.

Her thoughts of anxiety are immediately laid to rest as this family embraces her as one for merely befriending their son.

Not knowing the special gift this family has blessed her with she carries this poem unto them as she has nothing else to offer but modest words.

On this cold winters night that was so deep this young author offers a gift for them to keep.

For she has witnessed a golden legacy more valuable than all the earth’s money.

It is a family constructed of home and honey.