Thick granite walls
Rough, gray, walls
I touched them and
They took me to another world
The faces, black and white photos only
in my mind
swirled around in the wind
The leaves crunched under my feet
As I knelt on the soft green moss
to see the dates more clearly
Zillah Ward. My cousin the school teacher
Caroline. Dies at 19.
Hugh. I never knew.
Then Sidney, who's house
has a wrap around porch
And is now occupied by a lazy man
Who says he's just about to
mow the grass.
But sits in a lazy boy with a remote control
comfortable in his hand.
Walking around the home, we find pieces
of broken china, stuck in the gravel driveway
A triangle shape with blue print, could have
been a tea cup or saucer
Sidney Reese may have sipped from that cup, after a long day
plowing the field.
I touch the tall granite monument
And thank these people
For passing their lives to me.
A family reunion.
Rough, gray, walls
I touched them and
They took me to another world
The faces, black and white photos only
in my mind
swirled around in the wind
The leaves crunched under my feet
As I knelt on the soft green moss
to see the dates more clearly
Zillah Ward. My cousin the school teacher
Caroline. Dies at 19.
Hugh. I never knew.
Then Sidney, who's house
has a wrap around porch
And is now occupied by a lazy man
Who says he's just about to
mow the grass.
But sits in a lazy boy with a remote control
comfortable in his hand.
Walking around the home, we find pieces
of broken china, stuck in the gravel driveway
A triangle shape with blue print, could have
been a tea cup or saucer
Sidney Reese may have sipped from that cup, after a long day
plowing the field.
I touch the tall granite monument
And thank these people
For passing their lives to me.
A family reunion.
