In Plain View

For a contest

In Plain View

There in plain view a secret box
That held all his letters
Remants of your favorite flower
One to like, well never 

At the bottom a plane ticket
To a destination
Undesired, frozen Alaska
Total aberration

Why hold onto dead love letters?
Or his favorite flower
An unused plane ticket crackled_
Why reminisce this hour 

So different this strange couple
In flowers, expressions
Held together by a secret box
A unique possession

Within that box sealed away; things
Some bad these which they sling
Forget their existence, buried
Now that secret box cling

Cling to every precious moment
A love that lasted through
Good times and bad, hard times and sad
Divine love story true

Author's Note

I entered this one in a contest..I was given three phrases that I had to use in the poem..I did place in the contest..I think maybe second..

Reviews

[Miss Owl]

Ah, yes. Such a well done poem. Superb writing on a sad subject in a way. It's these things that we keep those we love and lost alive in our hearts and soul. We bring them out when needed and hopefully the pain of loss will become more of a joyful memory.

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

MIss Owl, Thanks for stopping by and reading my work..I appreciate the kind review..We should dwell on the good and let the bad memories flow away for life is too short to review those deeds that have hurt us..Sara

[Miss Owl]

You are welcome & I agree.

[emmajoy]

Words as tender and delightful as these, should be kept in that special box 'longside those precious memories of yours, Sara.. Memories of what was and is real, deeply felt, long.time remembered.

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

Emma,
Thanks for stopping by with a helpful review.

Sara

[emmajoy]

You're welcome.

[Stefano Segnan]

Greetings! The flow of words made a marvelous rhythm and thus the overall image impresses itself more easily in the mind and heart and there lingers to resonate for a time. I enjoyed the structure of a longer verse fallowed by a shorter (and rhymed) one where it was possible. You have admirable rhythm.

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

Stefano,Thanks so much for the helpful review..No one has told me that I have good rhythm before..I apprecaite you reading and taking time to comment on my work.Sara

[Coyote Song]

A wonderful write. Keep the little things too, for they mean much once the loved one is here no more. A poem of sadness and great love. I enjoyed this a lot.

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

Thanks for stopping by..I appreciate your faithful visits..Sara

[Coyote Song]

You are welcome, my friend.

[An owl on the moon]

This is so painfully beautiful, Sara. And it's no wonder you placed in the contest. It is moving and filled with emotional resonance.

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

Craig,

Ahh!! Thank you for the heartfelt review of my work..I enjoyed writitng that one..

Sara