MY SURPRISE FAMILY

I walk across the land

Greeting one and all as we meet

As cousins, nephews or siblings,

Not by blood but by mutual choice:

Sharing dreams and common goals

With someone of a mutual love.

Sometimes, they have faces—

Pink, brown, sunburned, pallid, smooth.

Body shapes come thin, thick, tall, short,

Also in some strange combinations.

Oh, Cousins, Nephews, Brothers, Sisters,

May I never lose my humility in you.

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