Blood and Memory

Faces in photos

Laughing and posing

Sashes and sneakers

Hand-me-down visions

Flipping through pages

Snapshots and labels

Fondling the mem’ries

Caressing some favorites

How precious the moments

Wafting like breezes

Appearing like rainbows

Treasured and fleeting

The days and the minutes

Passing so quickly

Birthdays and New Years

Soon become history

Places forgotten

Sealed and protected

In albums, in pictures

In numbered editions

Hearing the whispers

The myriad feelings

Impassioned embraces

Nudges and giggles

Weaving the past

Varied and textured

Wearing it’s fabric

of tears and treasure

Threads of tradition

Constantly binding

Brothers and sisters

Parents, children

Friends and families

Combined, extended

Generations and seasons

Woven together

Veins of existence

Forever connected

By blood and memory

Love and forgiveness.

- Brooks Garten Hauschild -