Don't Throw Them Out!

Don't Throw Them Out!

By Bud Lemire on Nov 13, 2015

In the old photos, there may be a face

Or maybe more, that you can't place

An unknown relative in your family

Yet you don't know who they could be

You may think they mean nothing to you

But in fact, you really should know they do

What if there's a relative, who just might know

A name for each person, you wouldn't have to let them go

Maybe a cousin is doing the family tree

Might have an idea, of who it could be

It might be Aunt Sally, or Uncle Sam

Calling out to you saying, “you know who I am”

Don't throw them out

Let go of the doubt

There may just be

Someone knows your family

When looking through old photos, and you see a face

That is somebody, that you just can't seem to place

Even when you have the slightest of doubt

Someone might know, so don't throw them out

If you look at your old photos and don't know the people

in them. Don't throw them out. There may just be someone

who may be able to identify some of the people. It may seem

that they may not have much meaning because you don't know

who they are. Instead of throwing them out, ask if anyone else

would be interested in having them. Because once they are

thrown away, they can not be recovered ever again. Do the

wise thing, before taking the action of throwing them away,

ask around. Looking ahead, always label your pictures, so

that someone in the future won't be throwing away a picture

of you.