A Plate of Holes
It’s nothing, just a plate of holes,
standing on a disc of lace,
their yellows, greens and russet reds,
their scents of breezes and the sun:
they wait there quiet as unborn souls,
unheard music, tears unshed.
And I sit still before the plate
and think of how I miss you love:
those times before I laid you down,
before the world was full of holes.
Remember all the plans we had,
the promises I made to you:
those pearls still lie below the sea
and dream forever in their shells.