Black Poetry : When REAL MEN step up to the Plate...

cherryblossom

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While trying to organize a family reunion
So old and young could meet and communion
I called near and far:
West Coast to East
North to South
Compiling names, numbers and addresses
Whew! I can’t tell you how great the progresses
I made in talking to some folks I didn’t even know existed!
Most were friendly.
But there was only one mean, OLD, CROTCHETY cousin who resisted.
But, I went on sending out letters and email
*Now, just bear with me, I’m getting to the crux of my tale……*

Well, during one of those phone calls, a 2nd cousin of mine
Decided she needed to explain and define
Her “relationship” to ME
Well, that really wasn’t necessary
Cuz I already KNEW her DADDY, (my mother’s 1st cousin)
Wasn’t her biological father.
But, she never knew that until AFTER he passed
He held it until his last
Breath
Even his pending death
Didn’t loosen his lips.

Cuz ya see, his love always did eclipse
Any lack of blood-lines
Nor made any kinds
Of difference.
So, I told her that she was STILL my COUSIN
And, no single deterrent nor a dozen
Would keep me from saying so!
If she was good enough for HIM
Then, it was still the same status quo!
He raised her and loved her
She carried his name
So, to me, and anybody else
It ought to be the same!
 
Thank you much, Rich!

This piece was a kind of "Ode to Fatherhood."

Most of the rest of the family already knew that he wasn't her blood father; but no one ever told her that. HE never told her either. She only found out after he died.

In my book, THAT'S a MAN and that's a DADDY.


And when I called her about the "Family Reunion," she, for some reason, felt compelled to tell me that she wasn't my "blood" cousin.

But I didn't tell her, "Gurrl, I knew that LONG before YOU ever found out!"

I just wanted her to know that her "paternity" didn't make any difference. She was still my cousin.





Thanks again, Brother Rich!
 
Cherry Blossom - What a great story. It happens more often than we think. Love doesn't set up boundaries, only we do that. Love doesn't ask to be liked or hated, only accepted. Love doesn't ask for blood to be the same, only that its feelings transcend DNA. You did good with this Cherry Blossom and I compliment your tact used with your cousin. Great story telling to be remembered. Namyh
 
Cherry Blossom - What a great story. It happens more often than we think. Love doesn't set up boundaries, only we do that. Love doesn't ask to be liked or hated, only accepted. Love doesn't ask for blood to be the same, only that its feelings transcend DNA. You did good with this Cherry Blossom and I compliment your tact used with your cousin. Great story telling to be remembered. Namyh

Your explanation/definition of Love was pure poetry in itself, Brother HH! :toast:



And thank you!
 

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