Saturday, 6 May 2023

Seam of Sonnets (2)

 

                                    


Heritage Creation

(For Sally-ann on her new venture)

 

History must be a tale told and retold

To suit the teller who turns page by page

Old stories into living heritage.

Yet, what purpose or reason to unfold

Such narratives unless there’s engagement,

Cultured enticements to pay attention?

This is how lives lived are kept in contention,

Ensuring the past is always present.

Time and life are ever on fast forward,

Almost unnoticed every scene changes,

An opportunity rearranges

Perspectives, the pot of chance being stirred.

By seizing the moment as it befell

There’ll be many a new story to tell.

 

Dave Alton

 

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