Dear Michael Daniel
Li,
Welcome to Michael Daniel's
World
Henry (not the angel) just
announced your coming
While I was busily preparing
my project reports
Which is more
important
To dutifully write the
baby-bash poem
Or to continue with my
report
This is the
question
I am talking about priority
in life here
I must not let go the
impulse for quick wit
Starving my stomach for a
while
Besides I owe your daddy
this poem
Ever since he requested
months ago
In a Xiangyin group baby
shower
I like Michael
Daniel
They were even connected one
time
When and
where
You
ask
Michael is an old and
popular name
The first Michael mentioned
in Bible
Was the father of one of the
twelve explorers
From the Tribe of
Asher
There were many Michaels
afterward
But the famous one is
Michael the Archangel
Who fought and
conquered
The evil spirits over the
Persian Kingdom
After an eye-opening three
weeks blockade
Clearing the way for another
messenger
To brief Daniel the
Prophet
My first words of
wisdom
Be as
tenacious
And
courageous
And
righteous
And
helpful
As Michael the Archangel
Daniel the prophet was
someone special
Definitely for you and all
to emulate
Even as a handsome
lad
He abstained from
impurity
And set him apart for the
Lord
The Lord honored him and his
three buddies
Daniel was also a superb
dream teller
He even disclosed the dream
the King forgot
The other night my wife
overheard my utterance
While I was deep in a
sleep
She did not tell me
precisely
What on earth I was
revealing
Subconsciously in my
dream
I surely hope it was words
of wisdom
Daniel was a true worshipper
of true God
Uncompromising and
unapologetic
Unyielding to pressure and
death threat
Even in a horrifying lion's
den
The Lord closed the mouth of
the lion
From inflicting any harm to
Daniel
You will need lots of
Daniel's faith
To walk uprightly in this
sin-abounding world
Daniel was a prophet of
divine message
Even when the message was
dreadful to hear
He envisioned the end time
Of great
knowledge
And of great
mobility
Welcome to a world and
age
That your predecessor had
predicted
Over 2500 years before your
birth
Daniel prophesied the
mysterious Seventy Seven
And the critical divide
before the last Seven
From the issuing of a decree
to rebuild Jerusalem
To the coming and cutoff of
the Anointed One
There shall be 69 times 7
prophetic years
Guess
what
This has been fulfilled in
history
In a mighty and fearful
way
To our amazement of
divinity
Despite many people's
ignorance of it
Only to their own
peril
My second words of
wisdom
Be a bold messenger of
divine will
Of the salvation
accomplished
Of the final judgment to
come
Michael
Daniel
Live up to your
namesakes
Michael the
Archangel
Daniel the
Prophet
In your
days
To your
generation
Would
you?
Yes!
Yes!
Great!
(Composed on Aug.31,
2001)