MY FAMILY TREASURES
Boxes of photos,
and birthday cards too
letters from family,
I have quite a few.
I kept all the envelopes,
they give me a clue
as to where people were when
and when they moved home
like so many others
they tended to roam.
I love the few treasures
from each I have known
it might be a trinket
or a plant they have grown..
it could be an address book
filled with names they did know
some searching is needed
to make the family tree grow.
I have a beautiful rug that
my grandmother wove
kept in a great leather port
with which my grandfather did rove..
and even some trinkets
in gold, silver… and mauve.
From one Aunt ..candle holders
a liqueur set from another
and an artists box filled
from their talented brother…
There are so many memories
entrusted to me
as the keeper of treasures
of our extended family.
© Crissouli 19 Aug 2022
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