Photographs: Aaron and Rachel, August 4, 2007

Between the photographs on the wall
are spaces waiting.
Photographs in black and white
of great grandfathers and great grandmothers.
And these are their faces
in the years of their becoming
parents, grandparents, great grandparents
and then memories beloved
by their children
and their children’s children
and by you.
Grandparents fill their own spaces
on the wall in their years of becoming,
and parents theirs.
And if you look closely at these images
you see the love
that comes to you
laced delicately
in family
lacing family--
lacing family
family
family.
Between the photographs on the wall
are spaces waiting.
These are your spaces.
Now your years
of becoming
have come.