Sunday, February 10, 2013

I've Been Traveling

I haven't written for a while
But I've been traveling

From Guyana
To Chicago
To DC
To Cincinnati
Where I saw Jesus
In a crocheted scarf
Newly made
From fingers of love

I've been traveling

To Minneapolis
Again

To Minneapolis

Again

I've been traveling

Where I
Some twenty years ago
Found home in a place
Called Mixed Blood
So it was fitting
To return there
Where it all began
With Black Belts
And I-beams
With, "Jack, I'm an actor too..."
And "I haven't forgotten."
With, "I'm a musician, too. I write songs..."
And "I know."

And so it was
That in the Land
Of Ten Thousand Lakes
And Things
That I was blessed
With opportunities

To Succeed

And fail

To work

And grow

To live

That I was
Blessed
With the Opportunity
To help
To create
My greatest gifts

A son
A daughter
A reason
To live
To live
A better life
Each day

And so it was
And is
That I continue
Traveling on
This journey
This journey that brought me to
Milwaukee
Last night
Tired
Smiling
Ready to turn the page
Blank with possibilities

Ready to go for a run
And find my people
Like I always do
In a new town
My "my People" radar
Never fails me
In a new town
Never

So I know I haven't written
I know that it's been while

Yet I will find
Us

I will find
Me

I will find
It

I will find
You

I always do
No matter where
I've been traveling