my mother had a charm bracelet.
my aunt had one.
I have one.
someday my daughter will have one too.
but for now, mine is hers,
each trinket traced and jingled by
her slender fingers—
claimed, counted, chronicled,
identified one by one:
here’s a sand dollar,
a flowered cross,
a Texas (deep in the heart),
a teacup with spoon,
a tiny Bible
(no the pages don’t open),
a cat with curled tail,
and an ‘ichthus’ fish,
end of litany.
and the chain!
she insists,
liquid links
that connect everything.
Yes,
in my haste to count
the shiny things
I always forget the One thing
on which everything else depends.
written quickly so I wouldn’t forget
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I love this! I have an charm bracelet too. It means the world to me and I am always adding charms to it. I have had it as long as Be Bo can remember. He delights in finding charms for me. One charm that represents him on mine is a hot dog…for the first food that he ever learned to cook.
little girls love to play with charm bracelets don’t they?
Excellent poetry! I love charms as well. I also love the chain on my bracelet - big, thick, stout links.