Journey Through History

A man whose eyes seem distant and cold takes me on a journey through history with thoughts of wonder and interest leaving me with more questions than answers about his life, his dreams there's a profound sadness in his picture and a sense of pride he's dressed in his Civil War uniform from the Massachusetts 13th infantry standing in front of a cabin with a porch and a couple of rocking chairs off to his right is a well with its bucket a hound dog lays at his feet stones in the ground placed like a sidewalk lead up to his boots below the picture sits a creaky old rocking chair where I sit to rock back and forth while thinking about my great-grandfather who survived Gettysburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg and other battles is why I am here