Scent Memories

Scent Memories

Linens from a lifetime ago

Secreted away,

Boxed and sealed,

Stored somewhere, nowhere,

Anywhere only I can find.

My nose boards the musty, starchy

Scent across time, 

Defying what I know is humanly possible.

Closer to my heart than flesh, pulse and thought.

The fragrance is as it is,

Never changes.

She is with me,

Every day.