A string of pearls given to celebrate her birth,
gifted by a maiden aunt who'd worn them
as a betrothal gift from her young man
who did not survive the Somme.
As a child she would play with the pearls
winding them round the neck of dolly
until her mother locked them away
far too precious for play.
Her thoughts went to her long dead aunt as
her mother placed the pearls around her neck.
Now a grown up girl on her wedding morn
Pearls kept safe for her first born.
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