the definition of legacy
I never truly knew
until one gathering
an elderly woman came up to us
and spoke out of the blue
she shook my mother's hand real tight
and spoke of my grandfather,
a former colonel and chaplain,
a present friend
to my mother she said:
"I love you because I love your dad"
and to me I knew those words
would stick till the very end
glb©2016
Dec 23, 2016
Dec 23, 2016 at 4:00 AM UTC
the definition of legacy
I never truly knew
until one gathering
an elderly woman came up to us
and spoke out of the blue
she shook my mother's hand real tight
and spoke of my grandfather,
a former colonel and chaplain,
a present friend
to my mother she said:
"I love you because I love your dad"
and to me I knew those words
would stick till the very end
glb©2016
you never really know to what extent a life affects another
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