“When a society or a civilization perishes, one condition can always be found. They forgot where they came from.”
– Carl Sandburg
“You live as long as you are remembered.” – Russian proverb
“Why waste your money looking up the family tree? Just go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.” – Mark Twain
“ If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.” – George Bernard Shaw
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Uncle Jimmy
His teeth are yellowed
Like the dark recesses
Of the candle’s glow
Eyes that lie about his age
Daring to sparkle with
Diamonds of childhood
Perhaps a game
Of hide and seek
With 84 years of wrinkles
And lost hair
His weight has shifted
And reduced as the body
Slows to the ancient rhythms
Of the earth that waits
To hold him
The embrace of last night
Was the first one in over forty years
I know it will be the last
I can still feel his soft grasp
As if we both tried
To keep the sun from setting
Tenderly he welcomed
This lost niece home
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Bisous,
Léa
Lea this is so beautiful! So affectionate and gentle:) its one of the best of yours in my opinion! And brought a smarting to the eye, but not in a sad way. 🙂
And thank you for my latest postcard. I am waiting on a chair looking at the sea while you order coffee!
Love
Christine xxxxxx
Christine, your comment means so much! Thank you.
Ah, I see that that beach captured your interest! The coffee is great but the company will be better. I’m glad the card got through. You never know what you will find in that postbox in the upcoming days… 🙂
Love,
Lea
xxxxxxx
Beautiful.
Thank you. However, as usual, there is more to it. Yet that would be best served in a short-story or…
I can still feel his soft grasp
As if we both tried
To keep the sun from setting…oh wow…so touching and beautifully written…
Merci beaucoup! Actually there is more to it but it would take at least a short story…