The Old One

The Old One

The old one reached down
into the cellar of his remembrance
and found a faded image
of a paramour;
a love known so long ago.

He cherished
its lustrous glow,
and in his heart's forge
shaped a silver frame 
to hold the beauty 
untarnished by time.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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