Treasures Untold


by

Lesa Hebert


Inside a rusty and battered box,

One could find a treasure rare

Inside as tattered hinges unfolds,

One would expect to find a hoard of gold.

Inside an wrecked abandoned house and land

One could find forgotten treasures of a man

From pictures, objects and books hold secrets of a man

One could imagine stories never told.

Inside a locket, perhaps of gold, maybe silver

A long loved dear one, perhaps a son or soldier,

Has long since died and disappeared, and since been told

A mother or wife who would, him again, never hold.

Perhaps a person, of unknown fame,

Hides their secrets and bears needless shame,

Because some couldn’t look pass the exterior clothed,

To search the treasures that the heart does behold.