time capsule crash landing
late autumn afternoon
digging into garden bed
and separating little bulbs
from big ones
I uncover a shiny emerald stone
I rub off the dirt with soiled fingers
and polish it with my shirt
kneeling and looking up
I hold it skyward past
silent clouds drifting
my eyes squinting
my mind racing
from out of this world
it came crashing
burrowing into the earth
untouched for perhaps centuries
but now my cherished treasure
if only for the shortest
moment in time
december two thousand fifteen
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Well done! cheers and a merry Christmas to you!
Thank you, Hollie – Merry Christmas to you and yours
Thank you! 🙂
A long lost treasure?
yes something from out of this world
A treasure yet unciphered….?
yes there are treasures to be found just about anywhere