Friday, 19 December 2014

Material






A dried black rose lay on the bedside. 
There was a somber silence. 
Two glasses of wine were on the table with parched lipstick marks. 
Two photo frames, tissues from her favorite restaurants and a rose gold hourglass. 
Red chopsticks with golden moldings on which ‘Fulfillment’ was delicately carved in Chinese calligraphy. 
Perfume bottles with just about 3 milliliters of perfume that she left to store. 
She sprayed some to remind her of road trips and some were just remembrances of home. 
Fairy lights hung on the windowsill because the sun wen down too early. That’s what she said but secretly she was looking for magic in her normality. 
A sketch pad and a box of fine liners, because art took her away from the rut of her daily life.  
A vase with a purple daffodil - standing tall and statuesque. 
Books - half read, fully read and untouched.   
A box full of photographs, mostly sepia. 
Letters rolled and tied with red ribbons. 
Memorabilia, smiles, memories and other ephemera.

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