She had a scarlet box,
In which she kept
Every single treasure
She ever owned...
...
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This is profoundly sad and beautiful Scarlett, so personal it really hit the spot Inspiration by the truck load Love duncan XXX
Read, red & redolent! Vibrant with colour & poignancy - something to treasure for oneself. Rgds, Ivan
Simply beautiful Scarlett...an array of precious memories for you alone to treasure. The bittersweet recollection as the contents of the box are revealed touched this readers heart...a stunning write. A fave for sure. j xx
That Scarlett box is rich and heavy with time, memories, love and sadness L and you brought it all to us in the simplest, most heartbreaking and most telling terms and style in this lovely poem. xxx
Hey Linda, What a lovely little charmer. I'm not as organised for my past treasures are ubiquitously dispersed over many a cardboard box. But I managed to keep most of the early love letters, notebooks, photographs, etc. This poem made me want to pore over some of them on the weekend. Thank you for posting this Scarlett. Greg XXO