In Her Little Locket.

1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004

Ivory.
Gazing.
Waiting.
Silence.

2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010

Hello.
The New Paper.
Bus.
House.
Tank.
Drinks.
Dessert.
Song.
Smiles.
Card.
Coffee.
Tears.
Came.
Left.
Songs.
Dinners.
SMSes.
"Why?"
"You're already taken."
Movie.
Dinner.
Laughs.
Car.
Goodbye.
Mirror.
Kitten.
Pup.
Shattered.
Abyss.
Day.
Night.
Trickles.
Resigned.
Email.
Surprise.
Treat.
Left.
Valentine's.
Shelved.
Rex.
Seahorse.
Songs.
Smiles.
Happy.
Day.


Little by Little,
Day by Day.
The morning glory fades
And spills an ashen fray.

With each hour she waits
For the chance to bloom.
These yellowed petals bow
To yield a clutching gloom.

Of which she cannot say,
To that she wished she knew.
Tucked in her little locket
Are tales gone by with You.

- Mich