keepsakes

those precious moments

are now passed

–  but left behind –

a trace: a glowing ember,

much like, the way that frosted
sea glass imitates a gem, when

it has no monetary worth . . .

for really, it is just,

a fragment of the thing

that it once was

way back then –

and yet . . .

those touchstones

of another time

– the clutter of our happy days –

slowly turn to “keepsakes” . . .

in secret, mystifying ways

The best things in life aren’t things. –

Art Buchwald, American humorist and Washington Post Columnist. 

notes:  the prompt from Poetry Jam this week is "Trash or Treasure". 

"Sea glass" is physically and chemically weathered glass (often from bottles, thrown from boats, that have shattered) found on beaches along bodies of salt water.  These weathering processes produce natural frosted glass which is collected and  used to make jewelry. 

photos:  Keepsakes:  Sewing Room in the Roedde House Museum, Vancouver, and a 1921 Calendar in McLeod’s Books, Vancouver - W. Bourke

© 2014 Wendy Bourke