Relics

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relic 



collected covered buried 
in boxes footprints on a beach

twig-sctratched arms
reaching for the shiny rock
where a mountain grows

we've heard the waves
and hollow rush of time
placing it absent-minded
in a pot for posterity

memories shelter quietly
buried and secret in
the art and decoration
of all our past lives:

tiny flowers bloom
with deference
never forgetting.


Poem © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker 
Photo © 2013 Rick Burnett Baker