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A Forever Coat (Revised)
Her favourite coat still hangs in my wardrobe
Every time I open the robe’s door
I inherently see her family heirloom
A gift that was handed down from her grandmother
However, a gift she was not able to wear after her sickness began
Not once, over the next thirty years of her failing frailty
Sadly the declining illness brought about her finality
And nostalgically I held onto her favourite coat
I knew! We all knew. She was amazing
However, she is not going to mystically reappear
And the coat’s warmth will never again cover her gentle shoulders
Consciously I am not sure, why the coat remains
I have tried to give the coat away
To a deserving charity, and even a local actor’s group
Fortuitously her coat has not been accepted
Here in the wardrobe, the glorious fur coat stays
Along with the other trinkets of her forever spirit
Ivor Steven (c) May 2023