I FOUND YOUR WALLET

9.15.2015

I found your wallet

In a dusty storage box

A heart-twisting find

Receipts still inside

Stopped in time, like your heartbeat. 

Plastic cards fused

Another year cast

Reaching thirty-two seasons

Three thousand days ache

Tattered, brown leather

Emblem of our family

Since God called your name

Scars, darn tapestry.

Restored with thread and ribbons

Joy, interwoven

Each day of healing

Remembering your spirit

Keeps our eyes on faith

Memories of you

Etched in fading brown leather

Lovingly tear-stained 

Each year that passes

To you, our gift: enduring

Happy Birthday, bear.