A challenge
It’s old cracked and worn
From the love that it’s seen
In the light you can still see a trace
At the back of our cupboard
It sits alone and unwashed
Ol’ shadowed time capturing a face
The only thing I have left
To remember you by
And looking at it now sadness drips
Opportunities lost
Hidden words left unsaid
Heart like ropes over which I still trip
They don’t understand why
It still sits on that shelf
Keep telling me to get something new
That while it still sits there
It’s like you’re still around
Their heads are thick, words just don’t get through
In the morning I sit
Tell you how well I slept
The trivial things you never heard
And for a brief moment
Twirling feathers in air
I lift off from the ground like a bird
Things will change, I know that
I’m not fooling myself
Gripping tight till it tears me apart
I’ll look at the cupboard
And just see an old mug
Not time mending pieces of my heart
© July 2023 AM (Xander) Hunter
Green and Grey 