Age Comes On A Visit Poem by John A'Hern

Age prompts us, pay attention
Time sliding by there before us
Family tree a good idea
Photos documents try to avoid them
The Internet helps make the search easier

Sites aplenty offering help
Always a brick wall before the end
When it is interesting, excitement swells
Names elude you testing patience

Mother Father without a hitch
Grandparents and Great-grandparents
All of them join the queue
Tree starts growing day by day
Losing interest on some days

Facebook raises some intervention
Friend requests there for choosing
Comments sometimes raise people's ire
Others tag along without question
The tree now grows several branches

Then it all unravels
Hey you! YES, YOU!
Get back on your branch
Stop confusing me
Check the names once again

Then the branches start to bow
Who are you explain yourself?
Next-door neighbours do not count
Time to reflect all the effort
Sorry Uncle I appear to have left you out

Dreams take over and early mornings
Floating past the leaves are falling
Awaken shouting but at who?
Family tree puts it branches around you
Sleep and sanity are now surrounding.