tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38342884120520147642012-02-16T08:58:29.114-08:00Florianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210372598426657300noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834288412052014764.post-11479163998673392842009-11-10T19:34:00.000-08:002009-11-10T19:34:42.606-08:00<a href="http://www.malteseconnections.com/personalprofile.asp">Maltese Connections | Personal Profile</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3834288412052014764-1147916399867339284?l=malta-family-history.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Florianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210372598426657300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3834288412052014764.post-11844798938000487182008-10-18T22:36:00.000-07:002011-10-26T22:50:44.186-07:00<b><font color=white size=4><br />DEAR ANCESTOR&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />Your tombstone stands among the rest&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Neglected and alone&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />The name and date are chiselled out&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />On polished marble stone&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />It reaches out to all who care&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />It is too late to mourn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />You did not know that I exist&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />You died and I was born&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Yet each of us are cells of you&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />In flesh and blood and bone&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Our blood contracts and beats a pulse&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Entirely not our own&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />Dear Ancestor, the place you filled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />One hundred years ago&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Spreads out among the ones you left&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />Who would have loved you so&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />I wonder how you lived and loved&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />I wonder if you knew&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />That someday I would find this spot&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />And come to visit you&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3834288412052014764-1184479893800048718?l=malta-family-history.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Florianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09210372598426657300noreply@blogger.com2