WINSOR - FAMILY REUNION

WINSOR
FAMILY REUNION


WE ARE A BOISTEROUS
NOISY
BRAYING
PEOPLE

THINGS ARE DONE AT HIGH VOLUME
WITH MUCH LAUGHTER
AND HUMOR
AND SLY DIGS

WE ARE RELATED
WE BELONG

AS WE RELATE THE FAMILY STORIES
THE GIANTS GET BIGGER
THE MONSTERS MORE FEARSOME

IF WE CATCH THE SMALL ONES BELIEVING
IT’S EVEN MORE FUN

I AM THE PATRIARCH OF THE BUNCH

A TITLE
NOT SOUGHT
BUT BESTOWED BY YEARS

WE VISIT THE GRAVES
AND VILLAGES OF OUR TRIBE

WE ARE RELATED BY BLOOD
DESCENT
LAW

THROUGH OUR VEINS
BY FACT OR FANCY
RUNS THE SEA

WE ARE SAILORS
SEAMEN
FISHERMEN
SEALERS
WHALERS
HANG-A-SHORES
DREAMERS

ALL OF US ARE FISHERS OF MEN

ALL OF US DREAM
OF THE LONG GREAT WAVE
THAT WILL TAKE US HOME
WE GO UNAFRAID

WE HEAR IN THE QUIET OF OUR MIND
THE WIND IN THE RIGGING
THE WHISPER OF THE SEA

WE CARRY AN HONORABLE NAME
AN HONORABLE HERITAGE
LET US WALK IN PRIDE
AND DIGNITY


FRANK A VOLLMER