Faded Legacy Poem by Barry Middleton
Faded Legacy
grandfathers and great grandfathers
walked these hills
and further back in time
a hand flourished on the Declaration
the ancestral land is the same as then
existence is different
houses sprout from the fields
pastures returned to woodland brush
but high above the homestead house
I find an ancient hearth
beside it lies an arrowhead
that speaks in whispers to the breeze
still deeper in the burial mound
the dead of the Paleolithic
sleep undisturbed in Eden
as millennia pass beyond all memory
Wonderful Write! ! ! Wonderfully Said! ! ! Thank You For Sharing This Image! ! ! For Me, I definitely need to stop and Reflect, And remeber the paths of those who walked before me, lessons learned and passed on.. Thank You! ! ! 10S! ! !
Thank you. It's very important to remember and sometimes we need reminders.
In our Jet age, we are surrounded by the gadgets, media, TV and what not....at times we do not look back and see our legacy, from where we emerged....Thought provoking poem.10++
Mohammed, a Middleton signed the Declaration of Independence. I have no real idea if we are related but likely so. The rest of the poem relates to my great grandfather's farm in Mississippi. Thank you for reading and commenting.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/24/2024 6:59:21 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Excellent. How time changes! Such a lovely depiction. The nostalgic tone of the poem reverberates in reader's heart. History has always fascinated me. A perfect 10.
Thanks Nosheen. History that is part of a personal legacy is especially fascinating.