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Family Tree

Age prompts us, pay attention Time sliding by there before us Family tree, a good idea Photos, documents, try to avoid them The Internet helps make the search easier Sites aplenty offering help Always a brick wall before the end When it is interesting, excitement swells Names elude you testing patience Mother Father without a hitch Grandparents and Great-grandparents All of them join the queue Tree starts growing day by day Losing interest on some days Friend requests there for choosing Comments sometimes raise people's ire Others tag along without question The tree now grows several branches Then, it all unravels Hey you! YES, YOU! Get back on your branch Stop confusing me Check the names once again Then the branches start to bow Who are you, explain yourself? Next-door neighbours do not count Time to reflect all the effort Sorry, Uncle I appear to have left you out Dreams take over and early mornings Floating leaves have started falling Awaken shouting but at who? Family tree puts it branches around you Sleep and sanity are now surrounding.

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Date: 3/4/2022 2:57:00 AM
I see this links back to your first poem here, "Shoe Box". Ah family trees, mysterious beguiling treasures. What's swept under the carpets and kept locked in back rooms is the most intriguing.
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John A'Hern
Date: 3/4/2022 6:00:00 PM
Hi Lady Labyrinth, thank you for pointing out the wrong link with the notes. Thank you for your comments, also your own comments on Family Trees. Sweeping and locked, food for thought.

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