Voids and Veils
My childhood home was typical for the time and place and the resulting family bonds are my own definition of “hearts knit together”. Anyone that has more than one child knows that no two kids are alike. The only people that understand that better than the parents are the siblings themselves! They are the ones that share bedrooms, lifestyles, and house rules; they go to school together, church together, go on vacations together, and they form relationships with each other that grow and evolve the rest of their lives.
We all have children of our own now and those children have children…and so it goes. But despite professions, zip codes and the river of time, the relationships that we formed in our youth remain, they are part of us – ingredients of our own identity.
My brother Jim just moved to a zip code where I can’t call but the relationship abides.
The last time I talked to Jim he wasn’t interested in saying “goodbye”, he wanted to talk about our Mission in Nauvoo.
He is a veracious missionary – I hope they’re ready for him!
Jim Green 1950-2024
Voids and Veils
The simple home of childhood dreams
Shimmering scenes in shades of gray
Playful children – distant laughter
Reside at peace in yesterday
Echoes of the past swell within my heart
But we’re weary worn and frail
Yet within the dance we ‘hold’ firm the line
The void alas no longer veiled
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Every road leads from there…to here
And from our nests the fledglings flew
Playful children – distant laughter
The world turns around the few
Quickened beating hearts bound by common roots
But we’re weary worn and frail
Still remain the ties formed in childhood homes
The void alas no longer veiled
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Years pass’d us by and our time spent
The young have come unto their own
Playful children – distant laughter
And soon the babes will all be grown
We as mortals lived in this earthly sphere
But we’re weary worn and frail
Those who came before wait to bid us home
The void alas no longer veiled
