The Window Sill

By Melinda J. Irvine 9 November 201831 May 2019

on the window sill
bottles sitting in echoes
memories — not dust

bottles in the window — Looking out of the dawn-cooled sunroom at Uncle’s house; it’s filled with his paintings and hand-set mosaics, as well as curios and artefacts he’s gathered over decades. These beautiful antique bottles, hold living memories, not dust.

Published by Melinda J. Irvine

Melinda J. Irvine is an Australian writer, poet, and blogger living between the Philippines and Australia. Mel is adopted mum to Jerry, a Filipino boy she met in 2015 while volunteering after Typhoon Yolanda. All the money she earns as a freelance writer and author get her one step closer to legally adopting Jerry — plus helping the other kids from his village go to school. View all posts by Melinda J. Irvine

2 comments

quickbrownfoxph says:

9 November 2018 at 8:47 pm

Hello Uncle Richard! 😀

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1. Melinda J. Irvine says:
  
  11 November 2018 at 8:28 am
  
  I’ll tell him you said hello. It was awesome to spend some time together. 6 days until I go back, I don’t think I’ll come for 6 weeks again (unless Jerry is with me, it’s too long to be away from him).
  
  mxx
  
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