A Family History

An assemblage of happenings
construct a storyline
A plot plummets headfirst
into an unfinished ending

A family history pivots
on a skein of moments
woven into patchwork quilts

My own quilt began in Poland
and Russia in towns with
names caught and swallowed
 in a mid-century inferno

Missing squares lost in time's exile while
unraveled squares wait for redemption
A family history


PAD. Challenge
Prompt: historic