Etched With Always And Forever Poem by Kim Schilling

Emerald eyes
cast with shrouds of time
seep memories;
sixty years severed to old age.

Alone now,
precious memoirs beckon her;
duty china cabinet
holds chronicles of that special day.
Cake cutters and wine glasses
sit poignantly on yellowed lace.

Long crystal stem reaches upward,
etched in sacred union
“Forever and Always, April 12,1949”
spoken as clearly as that day.

Arthritic hands fumble,
as the fragrant cork is popped.
Beside her in spirit,
she takes it in as she had on that revered day.

A teenage recollection,
dips her finger into the wine,
and gently runs it along the rim of the wine glass.
Melodies as sweet as a violin
emanate from the old wine glass into the air;
a musical trick he long ago taught her.

Tranquility overcomes her.
He would’ve liked that she’d remembered.



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