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The Jacket
Contributed by
softerware
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Friday, 18th January 2013 @ 08:42:12 PM in AEST
Topic:
FamilyPoems
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The Jacket
Warm little jacket; mom's hand me down;
So many patches to keep you around.
Once you were brilliant; when we were new;
And oh how the world has had fun with you!
The places we'e been to, the things that we've seen;
The cold we kept warm through has kept our soul lean.
Whenever a seam burst we patched it with tears;
and lovingly covered the signs of the years.
I can't recall the hour or the day;
when I folded you up and tucked you away.
but the donation truck is waiting outside;
Filling with hopes that won't be denied.
Inside this drawer sits a faded old jacket;
whose memories come flooding as I try to pack it.
Don't know why I've saved it; my children are grown!
Yet inside this drawer lies the life I have known.
Neither of us has a glimmer of passion; we're so long ago; and both out of fashion!
Replaced by synthetics and faux fur and such; not a memory among them that means very much!
But they never held the scent of her hair; watched her eyes smile; drank up her tear;
Or covered her sleeping; or made her a cape; or tied up her treasures and helped her escape!
They didn't embalm her in calamine lotion;
Or warm her by fires while she dried off the ocean;
Nor walked me back home on her first day of school;
Or danced at the end of her kite like a fool!
Your colors are faded;
Your edges are frayed;
and you're welcome to stay till the end of my days.
I trust that you'll be here when it's time to go;
And I'll have to leave you to do what you know.
Just call to her softly as you did to me;
Remind her to trust in all she will be;
And teach her to gather before you depart;
sweet memories to dwell in the drawer of her heart.
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softerware
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2013-01-18 20:42:12]
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Re: The Jacket
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by Former_Member on
Friday, 7th February 2014 @ 09:55:03 PM AEST
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| This is excellent! Kinda felt sorry for the new faux jackets in their unremarkable life, but alas, such is life. |
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Re: The Jacket
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by JamesStockdale on
Monday, 25th April 2016 @ 08:11:09 PM AEST
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This was magnificent.
I too seem to see the lives in inanimate objects and find it hard to part with old friends. I really enjoyed this wonderful poem. You excel at excellence.
James |
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