I am the Reunion

I Am The Reunion

Yes! I am the reunion

Please stop and give me a drink of water

I have been away too long

I went to prepare a place for you

And you have been here too long waiting for me

you remain here to keep the land for us

Thank you my brother

Thank you my sister

Thank you mama

Thank you papa

Thank you my cousin

Thank you my dear neighbor

Without you, we probably wouldn’t come to a place our Folks left us

I say, I am the reunion

I brought back to you your brethren that left here long ago

Some escaped the war

Others left to make a better place for all

Some went to come back and build a better land

I say I am the reunion

In me are the children of yours

Brothers of yours

Sisters of yours

Your uncles, aunts, cousins and former classmates and neighbors

I say, I am the reunion

Remember Pleebo?

There’s where I am from

I am the reunion

Remember Harper?

Yes, there’s where I’m from

I’m sure you remember Barrake

Tugbakeh, Nmanalu, Karluway & Barrobo

Then you know where I am from and who I am

For I am the reunion of Marylanders far and near

Hold me tight; for I promise hold befittingly and likewise

I am the reunion

I hold in my belly the hopes, fantasies, glories, aspirations,

I am the reunion

This is not a Phantasmagoria

This is FOR REAL

It’s not an hallucination

Not a mirage

Not optical illusion

Yes, it is a dream to come true

Not a delirium

Not disorientation, confusion or ecstasy