Saturday, March 21, 2015

Treasure Case – v8

Family memories
scraps and treasures
preserved on shelves
or behind panes of glass,
some hanging frozen
there on the walls;
A treasure trove
captured images of our past
of our families, together,
most without note, provenance,
many generations, branches,
covered in dust, in cobwebs.

So many will be lost with the passing
of the matriarch, her memory
of the things, their deep meaning
knowing, remembering, how they matter
each one special, precious to her, to all of us.

Who they originally belonged to,
where they had journeyed in life,
the hands into which they passed
all of her memories;
Triggers of stories, feelings,
smell, touch, connectedness
through the generations,
the living of our family
framed, saved, treasured
kept for a reason
these living pieces of us.

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edited March 21, 2015
Treasure Case – v8

(editing version 4)
edited March 21, 2015
Treasure Case – v7
(editing version 6)
edited February 14, 2015
Treasure Case – v6
(merging edits to version 4 and original)
edited February 12, 2015
Treasure Case – v5
(merging edits to version 4 and original)
edited October 10, 2014
Treasure Case – v4
edited October 10, 2014
Treasure Case – v3
edited August 3, 2014
Treasure Case – v2
June 1, 2007 20:32
Treasure Case

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