The Letters

BETWEEN THE WALLS THEY RESTED
PARCHMENT PAPER AND INDIGO INK
MEMOIRS OF A LIFE LONG PAST
BUNDLED IN RIBBONS, BLUE AND PINK

HIDDEN AWAY, LOST FOR DECADES
WAITING TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY
A CHRONICLE OF A LONG LOST LOVE
AT THE OLD COTTAGE BY THE BAY

DISCOVERED DURING REMODELING
THE FAMILY WAS PROMPTLY NOTIFIED
PAGE BY PAGE THEY WERE READ
CAUSING THE CHILDREN TO SOFTLY CRY

LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN THEIR PARENTS
WHEN DADDY HAD GONE OF TO WAR
THINGS THEIR MOTHER HADN’T SHARED
OF THE HARD TIMES ENDURED BEFORE

THEY BARELY REMEMBERED THEIR DADDY
BUT RECALLED THE DAY MOTHER CRIED
TWO OFFICERS HAD COME TO THE HOUSE
TOLD HER THAT THEIR DADDY HAD DIED

OF THE LETTERS THEY HAD NO CLUE
THEIR EXISTENCE HADN’T BEEN REVEALED
NOW THEY READ OF THEIR PARENTS LOVE
OF HOPE, WORRY, PRAYER UNSEALED

WHY THEY WERE HIDDEN BEHIND A WALL
THEY COULD ONLY MAKE A GUESS
BUT NOW THEY HAVE A NEW HOME
RESIDING IN THE FAMILY’S MEMORY CHEST

Thursday, June 23, 2022