Faye Sizemore

CALHOUN AND LINCOLN?

Old yellowed pages of history
… forever filled with mystery
Some things fiction… some truth
some just rumors…
… some backed by proof
People… by faith… believe
the things that they want
… ignoring the disbeliever’s taunt
Some of whom… without tact
even disbelieve known fact…

Author’s Note:This poem was prompted by the story, “The Mystery of Nancy Hanks Calhoun, Lincoln: Enigma Still Intrigues Historians” in the GreenvilleSouth.com website.