Just An Old Photograph
We were cleaning out the house
after grandmother died
she had lived there most of her life
everything was old and gone to
shades of grey
hurriedly we dumped out drawers
and boxes
no one would want the stuff she
had kept so many years
only the quilts and a few dishes
were worth anything
we would divide those things
she hadn't left a will or a list of what
to do with what
one of the kids took things from the wall
I heard something hit the trash can
and ask what had been thrown away
he picked up a picture and handed it to me
it was a picture of a young soldier
in dress uniform of the Army
on the back was a date 1945
Private Coleman Myers
" for my love" was written on the back
I sat down and cried for the first time
this was a picture of my grand daddy
it was much more than just a picture on the wall.
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