The Handkerchief
The Handkerchief
I found your handkerchief today,
still folded in a square.
Inside a drawer put away,
as if you'd left it there.
I wrapped my hands around it tight,
then pressed it to my chest,
as tears began to cloud all sight,
my heart filled with unrest.
I searched to find you in the folds
though nowhere was your smell,
just mem'ries now, my heart still holds,
of love time cannot quell.
I found your handkerchief today,
reluctantly it's put away.
©deborah burch
6.21.13
Copyright © Deborah Burch | Year Posted 2016
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