- Feb 28, 2009
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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!
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!