Tortoise Shell

"Tortoise Shell"
by Alex Furukawa

Humbly take this tortoise shell
A Grecian urn cracked then remade;
My home is your embrace.

And with this shell I redesign
The colored PAINtings from my mind.

Before we wake in love's sweet dreams
We must remake mosaic scenes
Of San Francisco, hills and pillows
Rooms and us in little hollows

The shell I carry on my back
Reminds me duly of the fact —
although we travel "there and on" —
that you're my heart,

               forever song.

© 2014