The creak of the forgotten drawer
As it reveals with reluctance
A card collection of childhood charm
And gratitude expressed with love
Tickets back in time alighting on platforms G
Of Father’s Days and birthdays past
Sentiment blend with jokes about my age
That show their age as they chuckle at mine
Birthday cards deliver fresh smiles
Words written by small hands add big hugs
Warmth floods through recollection
Before the chill of the unexpected
Once opened its emotion in motion
A vowed escapes from its page
The lilt of a promise to love for life
A love more than I could ever know
Solitary pledge composed in earnest
Ghost of Valentine past Well past its read by date
Undermined by ironic hindsight
Buried once more. As the drawer creaks closed.
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