My Sunday Best

My worn T-shirt bears
the times that passed.

Good enough for now
I say to myself.

Sun through window
a promise

of what I don’t know.

When I take a drive
the river at my side speaks

and I let the highway
take it where it wants.

Soft conversations
I embrace as once again

my life unfolds.

Once again, I hear
the voice of someone I loved

coming back to me
in a moment of solitude.

I bought the T-shirt
on a journey out of town.

Now a sleeve has a hole
but I keep it for another day.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Dietrich Avatar
August 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Love this, Mike!!!
Babbit Avatar
August 2, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Soft conversations, the very echoes of our memories, nicely put.
Buhagiar Avatar
August 2, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Lovely though sad poem. There is a lot of metaphors all along. Even the T-Shirt is a symbol of a passage of time. Well done.
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