THE LETTERS

 
                BETWEEN THE WALLS THEY RESTED
                PARCHMENT PAPER AND INDIGO INK
                MEMOIRS OF A LIFE LONG PAST
                BUNDLED IN RIBBONS, BLUE AND PINK

                HIDDEN AWAY, LOST FOR DECADES
                WAITING TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY
                A CHRONICLE OF A LONG LOST LOVE
                AT THE OLD COTTAGE BY THE BAY

                DISCOVERED DURING REMODELING
                THE FAMILY WAS PROMPTLY NOTIFIED
                PAGE BY PAGE THEY WERE READ
                CAUSING THE CHILDREN TO SOFTLY CRY

                LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN THEIR PARENTS
                WHEN DADDY HAD GONE OF TO WAR
                THINGS THEIR MOTHER HADN’T SHARED
                OF THE HARD TIMES ENDURED BEFORE

                THEY BARELY REMEMBERED THEIR DADDY
                BUT RECALLED THE DAY MOTHER CRIED
                TWO OFFICERS HAD COME TO THE HOUSE
                TOLD HER THAT THEIR DADDY HAD DIED

                OF THE LETTERS THEY HAD NO CLUE
                THEIR EXISTENCE HADN’T BEEN REVEALED
                NOW THEY READ OF THEIR PARENTS LOVE
                OF HOPE, WORRY, PRAYER UNSEALED

                WHY THEY WERE HIDDEN BEHIND A WALL
                THEY COULD ONLY MAKE A GUESS
                BUT NOW THEY HAVE A NEW HOME
                RESIDING IN THE FAMILY’S MEMORY CHEST