A Lost Earring
Atop my mirrored dresser are earrings,
and many pretty pairs are on display
along with necklaces and other things.
I love my jewelry but oh, one day!
I saw a lovely pair had lost one mate!
Pure sapphire was the set. I almost cried
to see just one remained. What was the fate
of that lost gem? To look for it, I tried.
I looked beneath my feet and all around.
Years passed. One sapphire earring sat alone,
I felt its match was never to be found.
A cleaner cleaned our vents and found the stone!
It somehow showed up in a hallway vent!
That lost earring no more do I lament!
June 28, 2022 (true story!)
for Joseph May's One In Five Poetry Contest
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2022
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