23/06/2021
Featured in the pic below, me, my son Kwesi Thomas, and my daughter Rita Thomas. Taken at my son's wedding to the lovely Breanna Louise Thomas.
For my son's wedding, I wrote and performed the poem below:
Be Strong and of Good Courage
Two brave, young hearts,
In a city much too fast,
Much too big,
Much too full,
Of itself and its own possibilities.
Too many options,
So many ways and means:
To turn a young head,
To tempt a young mind,
To test a young heart.
And yet,
For one golden moment,
The city shrank,
The pace slowed,
The options silenced.
Two brave, young hearts,
Turned face-to-face,
United,
In the joy of discovery.
Paired,
In the knowledge of lessons learned,
And to be learned.
Bound,
In hearts that yearned,
For more,
Of each other,
Of life,
And of He,
That made the moment.
He, that muted the city.
He, that ordered the footsteps,
And He that lit the path,
To love,
And life,
Abundant,
For two brave, young hearts.
