Handkerchief

I have your handkerchief

I keep it here 

And sometimes when I cry

I remember how 

You were the only one to comfort me

After I gave the eulogy 

And a flood fell

Within the swell 

My heart and soul was held

By the youngest of the line

It was so kind

And as time goes by

I have this piece of cloth

To always remind me

Of that bittersweet

And oh so special time

And of the grief we shared

And you are never far from mind

Knowing how she died

Just two days after

The anniversary

Of your arrival 

Here on earth

Circles 

Within circles

All returning

While I bear witness

To the heart’s deep loss

And yearning