bits and notes
unpacking –
sifting through bits and pieces
discovering pearls
buried among the socks –
words and gifts
some at the last moment,
salted with tears and hugs.
more than a painted piece of paper
or a pebble —
a memory
an emotion given voice
a little bit
of someone’s heart
handed to me
to be remembered.
Long after the paint fades,
the paper crumbles,
the physical object lost in the jumble of lives,
it is that offering of the heart
which will remain forever,
tucked away in a safe place
deep within my own.
Blessings, to my Incarnate2016 community. My life is forever changed because of your hearts.