if you die,
let me keep a
favorite piece of
your worn clothing
to hang in guest closet,
or lay folded in deep drawer
when i’m lonely, i will pull it
out to touch a precious memory
cuddle softly round my neck
bury face in warm texture
dampen with my tears
smell your love
once again.
a poem in my pocket 
Jan 05, 2016 @ 22:18:15
I think this is a common practice to keep an article of clothing of someone we’ve lost. A tender, bitter-sweet poem.
Jan 05, 2016 @ 22:54:08
yes, i think so…thanks.
Jan 05, 2016 @ 18:57:05
sniff,sniff. this is so beautiful and full of a sad truth. loved the title too
Jan 05, 2016 @ 22:53:15
Thanks for commenting, Candy!
Jan 05, 2016 @ 18:49:55
This brought tears to my eyes.. such a tender poem.
Jan 05, 2016 @ 22:51:22
Glad it moved you, Sanaa
Jan 05, 2016 @ 18:47:49
I understand the sentiments here, Lynn! The scent of someone lasts for quite a while….. My mother kept a shirt of my dad’s for quite a while.
Jan 05, 2016 @ 22:52:29
…and the memories last forever. Thanks, Mary.
Jan 05, 2016 @ 16:57:44
Love the title too smiles ~ This is a sweet remembrance of that scent of our loved ones ~
Jan 05, 2016 @ 22:50:07
smiles…thanks, Grace.
Jan 05, 2016 @ 16:47:30
Been there…you know the rest…
Jan 05, 2016 @ 16:32:20
Great minds & all that, with your Nose-stalgia & my Nosescape. I wonder how long the departed one’s scent can linger sealed up? Excellent take on the prompt, leaving me both sad & smiling for you (or your character poetically).
Jan 05, 2016 @ 16:42:43
agree…great titles 🙂
Jan 05, 2016 @ 15:22:10
Truly true. I have a tee shirt kept carefully in quadrupled Ziploc baggies that after all these years smell of sandalwood aftershave….and once in a blue moon, I take it out and inhale deeply. This poem truly resonated with me.
Jan 05, 2016 @ 15:23:52
Ah, you understand the memories invoked!
Jan 05, 2016 @ 16:47:37
I do indeed.
Jan 05, 2016 @ 15:17:27
Very clever title…and such a wonderful poem…love the last 2 lines “smell your love once again”. Heart-breaking in a way, and yet heart-warming too!
Jan 05, 2016 @ 15:22:29
Thanks, Bryan…the smell of a loved one’s clothes has brought me comfort.
Jan 05, 2016 @ 15:08:22
Love the title right off… and you left me with a smile, imagining the smell of love.
Jan 05, 2016 @ 15:12:11
thanks, kelly 🙂