Family

50 years ago

My family was represented by other souls

all with goals

and their lives unfold.

I miss them

the older generation

who came before me,

who taught me what I know.

Lovely people

who all loved me

who made their lives

so I could make mine.

Sometimes I wish

I could see them once again

to show them how I turned out

in this life I lead.

I think of them often

and miss their quick whit

and their naughty ways

adult things I'd now understand.

When I think it is

10 years, 20 years, 30 years

since they've been gone

life just doesn't seem that long.