Handed down

From one generation to another

Handed Down




Watching as a worm is threaded on a hook,
young eyes, learning,
a new skill, a new experience,
observing patiently, curious.

Suddenly I notice his hands,
clasped behind his back,
fingers woven together,
and a wave of memory washes over me.

Where did he learn this?
Who could have shown him?
This was my grandmother,
again, before my eyes.

She would stand,
hands clasped behind her back,
exactly as my grandson does today.
But she has passed, years before.

He never met her,
never knew her,
but here he stands,
the image of her, again.

Reviews

[Briana O'Connor]

AAAAWWWWWW :D This is so adorable! I love it! There is such a deep sentiment within this. I wonder if my nephew will have any of my habits...gosh I hope not :P...he already has my elf ears lol. Very well done. As always I enjoyed reading your work! Thank you for sharing.

[NoelHC]

Thanks for the kind comments.

[Matching Socks]

I love that you have captured this in a poem this way.
I see it, in my brothers, my children, those things that are not taught, just passed down.
Like the birthmark just under my left butt cheek, I kid you not, it's exactly the same one my grandmother has. Like the mark of the devil. But these personality traits, they are passed down too.
Funny huh? Makes ya think...

[NoelHC]

OK, photos required of both the birthmarks, or it didn't happen! Just kidding. Genetics are so strong, I describe in one of my stories on here, The Funeral, watching my cousin deliver the eulogy for his mother, he kept morphing between his father and one of our uncles in front of my eyes the whole speech.
Thank you for your visit and review, I am pleased to have brought some thoughts of your own family to you.

[Matching Socks]

Pleasure is all mine.
My bum selfies are on their way.

[NoelHC]

Wooo hoooo!! Maybe PM me with them, OK. Don't want to drag this little poem back into "Mature", do we? Luv ya gal!

[Matching Socks]

It's just a bum, I'm gonna post it here for all to see.

[NoelHC]

Crying, sobbing, this bum we will never see. There is no way to put an image in the comment section of reviews. : ' (

[Matching Socks]

Awwwww, what a bummer.

[NoelHC]

Cute, and punny too! I guess this emoti-bum will have to do! 3 (If ya kinda look at it sideways!) Maybe a link to Picasa or Flickr! Please, pretty, please. : )

[Jennie Baron]

This is truly touching, Noel. A pleasure to read and easy on the eyes as it flows so naturally. Lovely!

[NoelHC]

I couldn't express that feeling well enough I am afraid, it was similar to deja vu, I guess. Thank you for your visit and kind review.

[Lyn Anderson]

This is so true, isn't it? Muscle memory held in our genes? I have no logical explanation for it, other than it is really this way. You captured this eloquently in this verse, but did you have to leave it in the tiny default font?

[NoelHC]

That is an interesting concept, I shall attend to the font forthwith. Thank you for the review, and taking the time to read this.

[KWP]

Amazing isn't it when you notice the little things like that ... Sometimes when my younger son speaks I swear I could have been taken back in time to when I was a kid and talking to my younger brother ... That is one of the many beauties of family ...

I like this poem, it is easy to read down the page, it shows the reader the sense of pride woven into the words and that is such a beautiful thing ...

X x

[NoelHC]

Thank you for your kind review. It is amazing indeed, those little traits do come out. My mother's second cousin came to visit from Ireland, never met her before, but she looked so familiar, I could not figure out what it was. Went into the house, and noticed my mother's wedding picture, it was like the guest, like they were twins.

[KWP]

life is so special ... we forget just how special sometimes x