Monday, August 30, 2010

Family Ghosts

Swirling in my head
both alive and dead
unsettled, unsettling

some friendly or less so
intruding with questions
forgotten trespasses

exorcising blame
accumulated guilt
between generations

irremediable now
acceptance only
at this game-over stage

letting it go
letting them go.

1 comment:

Margaret Bell Hane said...

I was thinking those same thoughts just yesterday!
see tou next week, marg