Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Kaleidoscope




Kaleidoscope

I stole your shirt,
remember?
The button down with
gray and white stripes.
It was yours and then
it was mine.
When I finally let it go
it was so soft and
faded to white
I nearly cried.
That gray and white,
lovely as a rainbow.
A kaleidoscope
of our lives.

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23 comments:

  1. Love what you do with photos (and shirts.)

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  2. You express true sentiment here..excellent!

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  3. ah this is beautiful...and reminds me of a few shirts i need to get back...

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  4. "a kaleidoscope of our lives"

    it all makes sense. lovely poem!

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  5. Lovely! I'm imagining a certain shirt...

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  6. Great opening question with a cool tug-of-war middle part that really brought it all together nicely with the kaleidoscope image at the end.

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  7. With emotion as deep as that, I don't think I could have let it go.

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  8. What an unexpected, thought provoking little gem!

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  9. The subtle sharing of another's life in the small things that only lovers know

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  10. Love the poem...a shirt to remind you of all the good in your lives.

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  11. so so tender this lovely poem. Thankyou!

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  12. It's amazing how the everyday items bring the most memories to us - lovely piece.

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  13. This touched me. So simple and yet so well-observed.

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