A Salt Shaker Glass
*Just a folded piece of paper
In a salt shaker glass
Placed deep inside the cupboard
Hiding memories of the past
I would watch her as she'd take it out
To read the words it said
Then place it back deep inside
And slowly bow her head
She kept it in a shaker
Hoped salt would heal the wound
But each time she read the words inside
The pain would seem so new
That folded piece of paper
In a salt shaker glass
Was delivered from the courthouse
To set her free at last
A divorce from my father
Who had walked away from us
She folded and refused to sign
Till that day that I grew up
As I read that piece of paper
From the salt shaker glass
I thought of all she gave to me
And felt the love inside she had
Just a folded piece of paper
In a salt shaker glass
Placed deep inside the cupboard
Hiding memories of the past
A folded piece of paper
In a salk shaker glass *
Carl Joseph Roberts
Nov 3, 2014
Nov 3, 2014 at 7:12 AM UTC
A Salt Shaker Glass
*Just a folded piece of paper
In a salt shaker glass
Placed deep inside the cupboard
Hiding memories of the past
I would watch her as she'd take it out
To read the words it said
Then place it back deep inside
And slowly bow her head
She kept it in a shaker
Hoped salt would heal the wound
But each time she read the words inside
The pain would seem so new
That folded piece of paper
In a salt shaker glass
Was delivered from the courthouse
To set her free at last
A divorce from my father
Who had walked away from us
She folded and refused to sign
Till that day that I grew up
As I read that piece of paper
From the salt shaker glass
I thought of all she gave to me
And felt the love inside she had
Just a folded piece of paper
In a salt shaker glass
Placed deep inside the cupboard
Hiding memories of the past
A folded piece of paper
In a salk shaker glass *
Carl Joseph Roberts
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