Family History

We all have stories, past experience that we carry with us.

The weight compares to nothing.

Sadness hits the heart-

bewildered

at how it is to be

that the only one i am to have conflict with

is you-

my mother

one who carries the weight of all her life’s misgivings

one brother with his dark cloud

hands it down to his three daughters

another brother who i barely know

how does he carry his story?

and mine? how do i carry

48 years of my story- it seemed so lifted-

until we begin to go deeper with our understanding

of each other- mother

the way we treat each other today is

so much about our history rather

than this moment.

i love you.

Linda Moore