The Empty Shirt - Father's Day 2012

The Empty Shirt
By TZPora

The Empty Shirt is Full of Pain
Try as you may It will not Regain
Its precious Contents

The Empty Shirt used to Clothe
A Warm Heart full of Love
One I Adored

The Empty Shirt Mocks and Comforts
A Silent Reminder, A Haven of rest
For my bereft soul


The Empty Shirt is stitched together
With sacred threads, memories of my Father
Who Journeyed safely home

The Empty Shirt could not hold
(Though it tried) the Spirit of St Elmo
That now accoutres me.

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