we are collectors

we are collectors,

no different

than those over a book of

stamps

from some country

in a different age.

or coins,

or books,

or things that others

deem worthless

and throw away.

we are collectors.

keepers of the flame.

of lovers past.

friends that have passed

away.

we turn to them in time

of trouble

in time of pain,

or when all is well and

we wish, upon stars

that one

day we could see them,

hold them,

love them

again.