Reunion

Do you remember that day?

You stood, looking at yourself in the mirror,

Wondering who this person could be,

Uncertain that you were intimate friends.

The self-important blur of your life

Kept you from sitting down with this stranger,

Having tea and joining together in conversation,

Getting to know each other.

You have much to talk about, this stranger and you,

The grief of abandonment,

Paths ignored because they didn’t make you look good,

Paths ignored because they weren’t easy or popular.

It is time to ask yourself forgiveness.

Time to invite yourself home.

Time to sit down together, give thanks,

Laugh, cry and embrace each other.

This is the time to offer each other bread and wine,

Coming together in communion,

Accepting your new old self,

Celebrating your reunion.

This is the time of miracles.

Donnel Lester

2005