Michael Jordan Poet Couplet

The Jordan Family

To bear a name and no nothing of its source
Is to follow a path and know nothing of its course

Always half empty wherever you are
Half a soul chasing a falling star

Sometimes in life we turn over a stone
Underneath is a map leading to home

The fear it wells so deep inside
Everything to gain from the tears we have cried

I think back to all I have been through
How bad I have longed to know all of you

For to know all of you is to better know myself
Opening a vault of true inner-wealth

Sometimes it’s hard to express what we feel
As the layers of our heart continues to peel

To finally look into a picture of my fathers face
Is to finally get to feel his loving embrace

This may sound funny but not if you start
To see life through the eyes of a poets heart

So many things running through my mind
So many memories I have yet to find

I have finally faced one of my greatest regrets
And talked with half of myself I had never met



After 47 years of not knowing my dad or his family
I located and wrote them. Just a little over a month 
 ago I met my brother, sister and their mother.
They came to visit right before my operation. Some
of the blessings in life are full of Love. Such was 
the case in our meeting. Thank You

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Dana Jordan April 2, 2021 at 4:56 PM Michael, finding us was an awesome blessing. Reading this poem always makes me smile and cry. I cannot explain our fathers heart, other than to say it was deeply wounded, and he could not give what he did not have. To any of us kids. Michael, you know your life, and words touch me so deeply, of the 6 of us kids, to my knowledge you and i are the only two who share the horror of addiction. your light was my beacon, and I am so glad you tried and reached....again....I love you brother!

Ciro Toledo January 6, 2009 at 6:46 AM Thanks by comments my poem Michael, and for sharing in your latest bleat. I’d read your poem title The Family Jordan and I’d knowledge widest, your great poetry talent—that, than I had decided to start trying to do poetry in the way, in the focus way that you doing; eh, believe in me! Keeping your good going Michael!

Deborah Herber September 16, 2008 at 8:04 PM You have incredible talent! I am going to make the time to read all of your work!!! You write from the heart--a rare talent that is not so easy to find!

Brian Strand August 23, 2008 at 12:33 AM Thanks for your comments Michael and for sharing in your latest blog . Rgds Brian and have a good weekend

Robyn Blauw July 22, 2008 at 3:57 PM Im so happy for you Michael. I hope you find some answers and happiness in your knowing. All your experiences make you who you are.

Derrick Burton July 21, 2008 at 7:44 PM Its good to see all ages writing and sharing their god given gift I like your story and poetry

Carrie Richards July 21, 2008 at 4:29 PM How wonderful to find your family, Michael! I'm so happy for you and for them. We all want (and need) to know our "history", and your eloquent poem expressed the longing that you must have felt all those years. I wish you happiness and good health! God Bless! (PS. Thank you for commenting on my poems, and helping me correct my poetry error (Cinquain vs. Haiku)!! I'll eventually get it right...but with help, I'm learning!! Blessings! ...Carrie

Jay Del Fierro July 21, 2008 at 12:21 PM MJ.....what a piece of work !....so well written,is an exposed heart...and thanks for your kind words,as i also hope,strength will always keep you upright.....keep it real brudda....peace , jay

Michaela Payne July 21, 2008 at 8:26 AM wow Michael this was beautiful, you expressed your feelings so s trongly thin this piece. I am so happy for you, that you were able to contact your family and it went well. Stay blessed! ~Michaela~

Shari Lamb July 20, 2008 at 9:39 PM You expressed your heart so eloquently and I am so happy that you and your family have been blessed by love and reuniting. I love your poet's heart. Love, Shari

James Foulk July 20, 2008 at 2:44 PM I so happy that you were able to meet your dad's family. family is a good thing to have. the older i get my family is getting smaller and smaller. this was a great piece you wrote. and thank you for reading my pome Decline of life and for your comment.

July 20, 2008 at 9:41 AM Wow Michael! The line, "To see life through the eyes of a poets heart",seems to express your inner soul. I'm so glad you got to meet your family. It's never too late to build bonds. Thank you for sharing the heartfelt piece and for your kind words regarding my poem. Blessings to you. Karen

Sharon Winter July 20, 2008 at 7:32 AM What a joy to read. Always room for more love, especially the family kind. Good for you Michael - and for them too! Love, Shar

Ronald Bingham July 20, 2008 at 7:23 AM Michael, my wife can relate to this poem. She was adopted at age three and never really knew her real family until we married. to date she has found her father a sister and a couple of her uncles. She still loves her adopted parents and looks to them as her real parents, so I can kinda feel what you are going through, God Bless, Ron

Kristin Reynolds July 20, 2008 at 5:03 AM Beautiful, beautiful Michael - i love the 3rd verse. I never knew my dad or his family, I always wanted to find him though. I do know I have half sibs...but he never wanted to believe I existed. :( Ah well, not to be I guess. Love Kristin