Future Genealogists
To my descendants that wish to know me.
The answer is
No.
The journals will remain empty.
The recordings corrupted.
The photos destroyed.
You will wish to comprehend me and I will say
‘Bugger off!’
I refuse to curse us both with the knowledge of myself and
I will not be perceived anymore than I must!
So,
Shoo--
Clutch at how others remember me.
Let them twist me through memories matronly hands.
Let me grow over time
In eternity, allow me to be
Anything but myself
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