Please find enclosed-
 
a Bob Marley badge in the shape
of a guitar, worn once
pinned a heart together
on the night he left
 
the miraculous medal attached
to my mother’s marcasite watch
as a child I marvelled at the sparkling
sensation of time on my hands
 
the bones of my father
strong and mended
running backwards
gathering lost years
 
a small stone polished
by returning waves
kept in the pocket
of my favourite green coat
 
the summer of ‘91
sea-spun walks, names spell-bound
in sand and the breath of angels
who carried me here.

— Eileen Carney Hulme 

Eye On Life Poetry Contest 2010-2011 Honorable Mention