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I have reached the age at which
my life story has faded into legend,
a tale for my grandchildren.
Already they wonder that
I dialed a phone and once
had to talk and not text.
They marvel that I wrote letters
and that news came by paper,
often a week after the fact.
Someday they will tell their own tales
of typing texts by thumb and
dreaming of driving before that too ceased.
These stories from the generations
flow into the river of legacies
that bear our common memory,
diluting each but growing deeper
and richer with each passing age and
yet through such we may never fade away.
From The Funny Thing About a Poem (2019).
Used here with permission.
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Randy Cadenhead is the author of a number of books of poetry and prose, most recently At Sea, about life on the water, and A Christmas Carol Refrain, which explores the later life of Ebenezer Scrooge. Although he teaches at Emory Law School, you are more likely to find Randy sailing somewhere in search of the perfect sunset. Randy lives in Decatur, Georgia; learn more about him at www.randycadenhead.com.
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