Long Forgotten Memories

A heartfelt tribute to family legacies, honoring love, creativity, and memory.

In the quiet of my memory,
faces return like whispers,
faded photographs pressed between
the fragile pages of time.

Grandmother, with her gentle grace,
dressed the ordinary in color,
her fashion a language of care,
her embrace the fabric of home.

Grandfather, the engineer of wonder,
took broken pieces and gave them breath,
there was no puzzle too stubborn
for his patient, steady hands.

Uncle Michael, athlete of the wind,
you ran faster than time itself,
leaping, tumbling, laughing,
the world was your arena,
the crowd forever at your side.

Uncle Joe, magician of numbers,
you turned chaos into patterns,
stringing logic into beauty,
as if math itself could sing.

Aunt Cynthia, heart wide open,
you taught us love without conditions,
your kindness still lingers
like sunlight after rain.

Aunt Emma, though we never met,
your story still carries significance.
Chosen to teach before your life
had truly begun,
your patience reached beyond years,
your spirit a quiet guide.

Now silence fills the spaces
where your voices used to dwell,
yet in my blood, your legacies
rise like dawn.

You are gone,
but your lives are threads,
woven deep into me,
long forgotten by the world,
but never by my heart.

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Prompt: Please write a story or poem that has the title:
"Long Forgotten Memories"
Please select "History" as one of your genres!
Written for: "The Writer's Cramp"