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
Copyright © Michael Jordan | Year Posted 2008
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