A string of perfect pearls <br />threaded on grey silk <br />in a silver jewel-case <br />I'm keeping for somebody else <br />so don't open it <br /> <br />A room of carefully-folded <br />happinesses <br />but I scrawled 'nostalgia' on the door <br />so don't go in there <br /> <br />I know what's in the box, the room, <br />so I haven't looked for a long time <br /> <br />maybe I should<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/0407-the-past-was-a-present-once/
