AN UNINVITED GUEST <br /> <br />Let me visit you today <br /> <br />let me be an uninvited guest <br /> <br />for I do not know <br /> <br />what fortitude or good luck <br /> <br />will knock at my door tomorrow <br /> <br />our destiny is guided <br /> <br />by the dreams we pursue <br /> <br />and we must be prepared <br /> <br />for what tomorrow brings <br /> <br />with or without an invitation <br /> <br />even if you don't know me <br /> <br />let me be an uninvited guest <br /> <br />I am here to wish you farewell <br /> <br />even though I know this is not <br /> <br />your final resting place <br /> <br />Forest Lawn Mausoleum <br /> <br />will keep us remembering <br /> <br />your footprints in the journey <br /> <br />of your mysterious, yet illustrious life <br /> <br />let me be an uninvited guest <br /> <br />so that I can watch over you <br /> <br />like the invitees here today <br /> <br />let me be your leonardo da vinci <br /> <br />and participate <br /> <br />in the last supper <br /> <br />of your Michelangelo <br /> <br />let me be an uninvited guest <br /> <br />holding your torch <br /> <br />with flickering flames <br /> <br />of pop music <br /> <br />I am waiting to see <br /> <br />if Sammy Davis Jr. <br /> <br />or Nat King Cole <br /> <br />will find your presence <br /> <br />a thriller <br /> <br />when you do the moon-walk <br /> <br />not knowing <br /> <br />if you are black or white <br /> <br />or an uninvited guest.<br /><br />Leonard Dabydeen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-uninvited-guest/
