Some save words like
Women save romantic letters;
Even if she never married him,
It can't get better.
For immortalized there in pen
Are many hearts desires-
They may be cold coals now,
But once were raging fires.
She keeps the proof that she
Was thought a worthwhile prize;
Even if reproof were all
She sees in nearby eyes.
It's hope she searches,
Thumbing the well-worn page;
Memories of youth, when she
Wore well a younger age.
He took her love until
It was a cheapened thing;
More meaningless than
Even her simple ring.
She'll pawn the ring,
At the corner shop she knows-
But she won't give up the letters,
For any diamond's glow.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Patti, my dear friend... I am glad you brought this one to light... For somewhere in the phantom of my mind I can just so clearly see this picture of life in its entirety.. So many times and over so many centuries this scene. And we feel the sadness and the gaiety of the whole spectrum.. It is thoughtful and wonderful that you reach down and bring this one up for us... Jim Troy