Family Photos (:

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Rondald James*

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Staring at a wall of family photos
Is like staring at the formation 
Of a universe
Then the planet's inside of it
Then the atoms inside the planet
Then all of the connections that make them visible 

There's no air in space apparently 
Although 
In the spaces between those photos 
All of them still lively
Breathing life given to them
Still breathing life into a family 
That lives in remembrance, in joy 
Their name, their joy downloaded
Into each new branch of the family tree 
A recorded stream counted every time
Playing those moments in memories
It's like counting every molecule 
Of hydrogen infused oxygen 
To name those clusters water 
To call it the ocean

It's a lot 
Of seemingly small deeds decorating 
Lives always dedicated to the next life
Generation, step
Somehow still 2 stepping onto the present 
Do you feel the melody of I love you 
Jigging, smiling
Gap tooth grinning
Still here with you right now 
Collages formed faces full of laughter 
Hearts full keep on keeping on 
Bodies scarred maybe 
But never broken
What good is rubble you don't rebuild with
Or at least remove from the construction site

The construction site is a

Photo family reunion 
Photosynthesized into infinity 
Where the wall meets the ground
Paint gives way to perfectly tethered roots
The kind that branch off into untold galaxies
But fit in your hand like a phone
In your body like structure, like DNA 
Where it meets the ceiling 
It stretches 
Do you see the skies
Full of stars made of the same
Minerals as us, it is us, it's you 

You don't choose the family 
You're born into as far as I know
Only how you treat, relate
Or not relate 2 each other 
It's easy to believe you're doing
Everything yourself, although 
Every moment we enjoy, has sometime 
To do with the one before, building it
Breaking ground for the next
Generation to sift through, and build upon
It's easy to pretend your 
Building it by yourself
But do you see our stars 
The Forrest of lucky ones
I.E. us 
Can you see the constellations 
The connections that make us the same 
Do you feel 
That the space we inhabited 
Life being breathed into it
Branching out over countries & continents

I'm not sure how you're suppose to write a poem about family
I mean I'm not sure how to write 
A realistic poem about family
One that acknowledges the happiness
And the healing
Faith spread mustard seed
In a world where you 
Must be part of a family 
To claim a life here
It's easy to believe it's all because of you

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