A New Beginning
- Erin Thompson
- Dec 10, 2024
- 2 min read
I was as cherished, as
A newborn infant
Handled delicately as china
Affection percolating from her mouth
Oh, how darling I perceived
Made me feel – the special one
Complemented her every curve
We witnessed the world together
The lens captured us - deemed inseparable
Her exceptionally awkward first date with her childhood best friend
Forever a chocolate stain
Her last birthday dinner with her grandparents,
Her tears washed out of me
Speeding down the empty avenue blasting One Direction
Memories eternal under a sky sprinkled with stars
Suddenly
compliments stopped
Averted her eyes from my longing
Instead, discovered new delight new remembrances
Omitted us
Folded away in a box
Our gaze met. One last time
Pity pierced right through me
Then the lights perished for a moment
Harsh glares and rays startled me
An unfamiliar rubber glove seized
Putting me on display
In a zoo of unfamiliarity
Surrounded by pieces ditto to me
New hands touched me
But didn't desire me
I couldn't complete them like I did her
Until a new warm touch met mine
She tried me on
Discerning a new path A new beginning
She told me she loved me
And I loved being on her
Granted a new life, a new future
So blessed to be gifted
The others around me
Weren’t so fortunate
They met the gates of fire
Tossed away by those whom they loved
To Never to see the world again
According to Earth.org, the average U.S. consumer throws away 81.5 pounds of clothes every year, in addition to 101 million tons of garments ending up in landfills yearly. Instead of buying into fast fashion; donate, thrift, and grant clothes a new life and new memories.
-Erin Thompson
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