mementos
of you
I keep safe
in a drawer
a hatpin
a bracelet
and a picture of you
I so adore
as I feel and touch
these things
floods of tears
well in my eyes
why did the army...
need you more than me?
and leave me
only the mementos
of loss and grief
May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013 at 9:51 PM UTC
mementos
of you
I keep safe
in a drawer
a hatpin
a bracelet
and a picture of you
I so adore
as I feel and touch
these things
floods of tears
well in my eyes
why did the army...
need you more than me?
and leave me
only the mementos
of loss and grief
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