Safe

~As we approach our final week of performances
It has become more clear than ever what a gift this play - The Brothers Size - has been~

Such is this gift
That I don't want to let it go
Yet I must

This has been one of those moments that, as an actor, I have craved
The timing has been perfect
It has allowed me to grow and journey
Into the fertile land that is the love between Black Men
A love that I continue
A love that I try to throw against the wall in my work
A love that has pulled me, pushed me, held me, terrified me, kept me
For most of my years
Alive

Such is this gift
That I feel I can't let it go
Yet I think I must

As is the case at the end of every run
One moves on
One lets go and moves forward
With hopefully a little more than when he started

Yet

This play - The Brothers Size
Has brought back to life my best friend who was... is... is...
Elegba
Lil Legba
Legba
Drifting like the moon
Appearing at my window
Like a Glimmer Of moonLight
For a moment
Standing in the early morning air
For a moment
Singing a song
Eating candy
For a moment
Is gone
Is gone?

Such is this gift
That I don't want to let it go
Must I?
Should I?
Dare I?

"Hell to the nah!"
This is one of those gifts that comes along once in a LifeTime!
Once!

So I think I'll keep this one
Sew up this hole in my pocket
And place it there
Safe
Safe

I'll keep this one
Put it in my pocket
Take these pants off
Put them in a secret
Safe
In the moonlight
Safe
From the midnight riders
Safe

Safe!