– The Story Of A Table –
I treasure a table
that tells its stories,
its moments made
into the shape
of our memories;
rings of coffee mugs
over candid conversations
about life and love,
the marking of our names
scratched in hearts across the grain,
the stains of wine bottles
that we finished alone
in the darker nights,
a silent witness
to our secret rites.
Its surface remembers
what we so often forget.
Patient and silent it waits for us,
to gather its stories once again.