The Keeper of Precious Things
Home is built piece by piece and adored for its pieces
Home is my mother’s
Dreamed of and longed for
Built piece by piece
And adored for it’s pieces
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Home was where she loved the trees
Wandered the paths on her horse
Told tales of fairies
Blinking hues in rain drops
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Home is what she gave me
When she left and the family wept
And the magic left with her
Except the shards I salvaged
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The estate and legacy falls to me
I care for her treasures
I have changed nothing
I become the keeper of precious things
About the Creator
Teralyn Pilgrim
Teralyn Pilgrim has an MFA in Creative Writing from Western New England University and a BA in English from Brigham Young University. Her work has been published in the Copperfield Review.
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