NO MORE FAMILY PORTRAITS

Reflecting: We all have had a wall of family portraits. We look at it several times a day, as we walk by that wall or up the staircase, where ever you kept that wall of famous faces. I really miss that. When a family splinters, that is one of the most asked questions we ask ourselves - I have no more family portraits on my wall of famous faces.


NO MORE FAMILY PORTRAITS

On my wall of famous faces,
I have no family take up the spaces.

No more collections,
Of quiet reflections.

Or school pictures,
Becoming permanent fixtures.

No more surprises around every bend,
Going up north for color weekend.

No more canoe trips,
With inner tubes that rip.

On my wall of famous faces,
No bride and groom among the places.

Or motorcycle rides,
With new passengers astride.

No potluck dinners,
And games with winners.

No family vacations,
And kids' graduations.

On my wall of famous faces,
There are no kids running races,

No swimming meets,
In the final heats.

Or picnics at the zoo,
With animals looking back at you.

Trimming Christmas trees,
Building snowmen while you freeze.

I have no family pictures taking up the spaces,
On my wall of famous faces.



Gloria J Hildreth
"Reflections: A Moment in Time"
copyright 2009