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Rated: E · Poetry · Family · #1189907
"But Family Lives On, In the Hearts of the Strong"
"Family Lives On"

Families grow
People move on
Things change
Traditions die
New ones begin
Sorrow passes
Happiness blossoms.
We watch through
A tinted window
As life goes on
Without a sound


The last baptism,
The last baby book,
The last first step,
The last "hand-me-down"
The last tee-ball game.
The last school concert-
....(A sigh of relief)
The last Christmas with Santa-
....The first drink of champagne on New Years.
The last show-and-tell,
The last middle-school science fair.
The last vacation with all of us.
The last highschool football game;
The last win
The last loss.
The last license test,
The last "first drive",
The last SAT's,
The last AP's,
The last graduation,
....The first step into a new era.
The last boy packing for college,
The last empty room;
....The first home free of minors (!)

The first to leave the family nest,
The first marriage,
The first chance to travel,
The first pregnant mother-
....The last chance to travel.
The first grandchild,
....Another car-ride with screaming children.
The first trip down memory lane.
The first godparents,
The first doting aunts,
The first birthday.
The first real job-
....Out in the "real world."
The first to move out of state-
....Others to follow:
The first to go their separate ways,
The first Thanksgiving spent alone,
The first to establish the importance of home

And a new generation,
A nation of firsts.
Renewed traditions,
Revived history.
The past may fade
From memory,
But family lives on
....In the hearts of the strong.


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