Pinholes

Family photographs. Pictures of youth, All smiling happily, Hiding the truth … Grandads at work, Grandmas in rocking chairs. Dads in their gardens, Mums, taken unawares … Pinholes in the fabric of time. Aunties and uncles, Siblings and cousins; Some of them all alone, Others by the dozen … Summers by the sea, Weddings, holidays. Winters by the fire, Birthdays, school-days … Pinholes in the fabric of time. Faces familiar. Faces we’ll never know. Some who are still around: Others, now shadows … On little scraps of paper, Monochrome and misty, A Mum sees her life … But her children see history … Pinholes in the fabric of time … Pinholes in the fabric of time.