Inheritance

The gifts engraved from birth to now
Are etched upon the mind;
A long awaited time
Mixed with fear and sadness too
The sense of responsibility held
Is in trepidation endowed;
Like guests who visit 
These treasures duly must settle in 
As a sense of disorder prevails
Upon the streamlined nature of the home 
I as custodian am 
Must welcome in and find a place  
For them until they move on again; 
Entrusted that they remain secure
And will a legacy provide
For those who follow on from us;
And so a sense of continuity ensues;
A Timelessness  and solidity 
A sense of place for now 
Connects us with the past
And informs us for the future
And so a sense of peace returns
As quietly a new normal resumes;
This is the nature of inheritance.