Faded Photograph

For Great Grandfather

A faded photograph on a dust-covered shelf

is all that remains of a life incomplete

Great Grandfather looks out from a $3 frame

Looking at his face, a face I never saw for real,

a person I never knew; what were your hopes, 

your dreams?   What did you always want to do,

but never got the chance?  You wore the uniform 

with such pride; the uniform that made you a target

Gunned down by a desperate man with limited dreams,

You, Great Grandfather, stood for law and order,

and paid for it with your life; I wonder how things

would be different, if you weren't taken away

on that fateful day, the day when you became just

a yellowing photograph on the shelf?

Reviews

[Marie]

But this grandfather in the frame will always be special for what he did; for how he is remembered.

[Michael Stevens]

Yes; thank you Marie!