Just a Ring

this is a letter/poem I sent ahead of time to sending my friend their birthday present. Unfortunately, it got lost in the mail and she ended up sending a new one back to me a few years later.

There's a little silver band

Coming your way in a day or two,

It's got that name only you know

Her as, from your darling Poetry.

We both know it's nothing special

Just a part of her story

That she'll never be strong enough

To tell now that the fire waits

And the chemicals have made a home

In get perfectly sweet little cells. 

It was an early birthday present,

A materialized memory of becoming a teen

And falling in love with the taste of ink

As she cut herself on the pages daily,

Not realizing just how beautiful 

such a thing can be. 

There's a little silver band

Coming to you in a day or two,

It's her way of saying "I love you"

Even though it's just a ring from 

your darling, little

~Poetry.