WHEN AN OBJECT DETERIORATES WITH TIME OR AN EVENT,
AND EVOLVES AS A RESULT OF THAT CHANGE.
A CROWNED RACE HORSE’S DISCARDED LEATHER HARNESS,
THE CRACKED MAHOGANY LEG OF AN ABANDONED CHAIR,
A FALLEN FALLOW DEER, FROZEN IN TIME,
WHAT REMAINS AFTER THE BREAK.
REMINDERS OF A PAST LOVER PINNED TO A LAPEL,
FRESH ROSES, GONE DRY, BRING A FAMILIAR PRESENCE,
FADED COLORS OFFER FRAGMENTS OF WORLD-WEARY WISDOM.
A NOSTALGIC SMELL, THE SMOKE OF CHURCH INCENSE.
FORGOTTEN CHAINED RELICS AWAKEN NEW BELIEFS,
IN THE ASHES OF UNCERTAINTY.
WHEN CONSEQUENCES OF SQUANDER COME THEN GO,
LEAVING A RENEWED APPRECIATION IN THE RESIDUE OF MEMORIES.
ONCE PERCEIVED IMPERFECTIONS NOW EVIDENCE OF RESILIENCE,
REVEALING A NEW IDENTITY.
