"Is That What They Told You?"

Well, I am me,

and will still be

after any new news

of my family tree;

and yet, there is something

in that circular path

around and back --

no mysterious math,

but a strengthening of form,

a nurturing of way,

which augments the vision

and deepens the day . . .

the journey full worth

all the sweat it demands

to reclaim one's story,

birth's long-lost lands.