Monday, 25 August 2025

Sarah Smith: In Memory

An old clock's minute needle presses on,  
steadfast— tick tick tick. Such permanence  
is a privilege: there is comfort  
in repetition. The blanket stare  
of an ivory wedding dress, draped in lace  
and falsettos, meets the gaze of red eyes:  
           a mockery.  
Its anchorage should have been the committed  
hearts of two. Instead, serving a life sentence  
surrounded by old shoes and empty boxes. Once  
simple fabric, now stitched into a compilation  
of substantial moments, altered to fit  
this very one: realised devotion  
          will never cease. 
Not quite ready to part with the last remnant  
of a true love, now displaced, the costume hangs  
from cheap plastic, waiting.


Sarah Smith is a published poet, writer, artist, and certified creative arts therapist. Smith lives in Cleveland, Ohio, USA with her husband and three cats. Smith manages a creative arts blog titled Chronicles of a Disillusioned Optimist and also has poetry anthologies available for sale on Amazon. sarahelisabethsmith.wordpress.com