The Perfume Bottle
The perfume bottle, Baccarat,
for the fragrance of hyacinth and myrrh.
The message it delivers; "Forget me not."
He'd searched for an antique flacon,
one exquisitely of elegant crystal.
Gift presented and ribbon untied.
At first glimpse of it, she smiled
as sunlight glinted from its prisms.
She opened the vial.
The scent as not overwhelmingly sweet,
as a velvet petaled rose.
But one that could never impose
on the natural aroma of her essence.
A dab on each wrist, he could not resist.
A perfume bottle to house the redolence,
chosen for the one he adored.
A keepsake she would treasure
the measure of their love ~
unperceivable.
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