Common Threads

 Not Yet 7

In a haunted jewelry box 

where a wedding band 

worn by my great great grandmother

given to me as a gift from

my parents at my first wedding 

once tucked safely in the ring folds 

waiting for a granddaughter’s wedding to continue the legacy 

there is a story 

that cannot yet be told 

 

Not Yet 6

In a haunted jewelry box 

where a gold Omega chain-

an anniversary gift with slides

that came as later gifts-

diamond slide

amethyst slide and others 

once safely nestled in its 

velvet and satin buttoned case

there is a story 

that cannot yet be told 

 

in a gift box 

where a pearl bracelet 

waits to be opened 

Christmas morning

precious stones from

a hardened shell 

taken from the sludgy mud 

of a bottom-dwelling world 

for a daughter starting 

a new chapter 

there is a story

waiting to be told 

Not Yet 5 

In a haunted jewelry box 

where a small diamond chip ring

-a Christmas gift in 1979 

from Santa –

marked for a granddaughter 

when she turns 13

used to be snuggled tightly between 

the pillowy foam ring folds

there is a story 

that cannot yet be told 

 

Not Yet 4

In a haunted jewelry box 

where a teardrop gold-set onyx 

with a K (for Kim) in diamonds 

once hung on its long gold chain

inside the wooden door 

a gift from parents at Christmas 

to bestow to a future K

there is a story 

that cannot yet be told 

 

Not Yet 3

In the haunted jewelry box 

where the wedding gift necklace 

of trinity gold 

from my loving groom 

once hung sentimentally

from its top gold door hook 

cherished as a loving memory

worn to remember, to celebrate

the day we wed

there is a story 

that cannot yet be told 

Not Yet 2 

In the haunted jewelry box

where the diamond tennis bracelet

with the extra security clasp 

(an ironic twist of a feature 

in so many ways) 

once lay beautifully in its

pillowy pink velvet section 

to be given to our only granddaughter 

on her wedding day 

there is a story to tell

that cannot yet be told 

 

Not Yet

In the haunted jewelry box

where the Gold nugget necklace

from a trip to Alaska 

once hung on a hook 

to be given to the daughter

who in fifth grade took that trip

when her dad bought the 

sparkling chunk for me 

before our divorce her senior year

there is a story to tell 

that cannot yet be told

 

Thumb-cutting Butterflies 

not a good idea

thumb-cutting butterflies 

on panty waistlines

Jessica Simpson

needs to redesign these things ~

*downright dangerous*

have girls told doctors

“I pulled up my panties and

that’s how this happened?”

I ask because I 

need inside left thumb stitches~ 

but too embarrassed! 

 

Doors

she wasn’t sober 

enough to go through detox 

to start her journey 

to a better life

so she’ll  try again today 

each moment a step