Welcome Back Poem by RIC BASTASA

welcome back brother
now back to this place
you must change the clothes you are wearing
you must talk in our language
you must now feel what we are
with our longings
for peace
with our common vision
for our future
you must sing our songs and learn the kind of march we do
you must listen to our poetry
you must learn the prayers of our ancestors
and our heroes

now, this is the cup of blood
you must now drink it in one shot