Some Things Last Poem by Liilia Talts Morrison

In a corner are some shelves
holding just some simple things
an old Bible and a cross
and an angel's yellowed wings

Binders full of thoughts and dreams
neatly put in ordered rows
long gone long forgotten times
where they went nobody knows

There's an urn of dark gray hue
silent solemn and alone
holding ashes of a soul
who once sang with golden tone

In my day I seldom go
seeking out the long ago
most of what I had is gone
yet those golden sounds stay on

In a corner are some shelves
holding just some simple things
an old Bible and a cross
and an angel's yellowed wings.