Lost & Found

It was but a ring among many I possess
Another one bought in foreign climes
Clean rows of shiny stones I surrendered to
While you made me believe it should be mine!

Istanbul "harem ring" had me seduced
Your claim "perfect for my harem" only endeared it more
Acquired and worn with happy aplomb
I grew to love it each wear for ever & more.

And then on this trip it went missing from me!
Frantic, and fretting spent precious minutes looking and lost
Replaying when I put it, where and why
Nothing! My barren finger - lonely, unadorned in protest!

And then after a day sunshine pierced through
A reverie on how it will return unannounced again
When I'm an old woman and tis' a long forgotten loss
It will be found nestling in folds of paper, an old pocket, some day

I will exclaim and laugh out loud to you
I'll say: remember how I fretted in Hanoi?
You'll nod your head and repeat it was meant to be mine
That which goes missing from view isn't lost... like a love I can't deny.

I'll get on the phone and call our darling Mira
My discovery revealed, will she recall how she comforted me?
I'll tell her it's yours my sweet; a remembrance for how you played mom.
Ah! Such treasures we found - even when we lost - on our journeys!

--Reena


Dec 17 2012
Danang Airport, Vietnam

Ring lost: Dec 09 2012...remains unfound!
Purchased: Istanbul, Turkey (Aug 2010)
Price: moderate
Value: priceless...of course!