A note left behind

   If you look closely at this antique desk, you will see a little note taped to the right hand side.  This note is actually a poem left behind by my great aunt Velma.

   Over the week of spring, my mom and I cleaned and cleared out her home.  She passed away in January at the age of 103.  My Aunt Velma was no ordinary lady.  This note gives a hint of her wisdom.  Knowing we would have to sort through her long kept things, she left us a note with sorting instructions. 

  On day three of cleaning out, we discovered this poem taped to this china/desk.  At the time my mom and I were sorting through and being overwhelmed by the historical, antiques, heart felt and precious my great aunt had left behind.

    Poem found March 28, 2013

  Long Kept Things

I would be glad of fingers

Not too ruthless

But impersonal

Would weed out little keepsakes

I have kept for years

Scrapbook poems

Letters, useless gifts

Once dear with sentiment

Greeting cards

And other bits of old remembering

I have no need of them

They clutter up my desk

But one I start

To clear them out

And pause to look at them

My hands are stayed

Nor can I bring myself

To throw one singe thing away!

I would be glad of fingers

Tender but impersonal

Would throw my little

Long Kept Things

Away.

            Lou...

     
Of all the wonderful things my Aunt Velma left behind, it is her wisdom and my memories that I hold the dearest. My favorite line of this poem is "my hands are stayed" isn't that wonderful??

 As always wishing you a health, happy and wise home,
       Denise