Talsiman

It's been a few days since I opened my package
to find a delicate necklace
of two interlocked circles

It was hard to give up my crosses

I've worn them for years

decades really

but unless I get a longer chain for them they will tangle with his gift

I find myself thinking of him
and reaching up and touching them

He told me
the darker circle is Tex
and the lighter is me

they make a little singing sound when I touch them
and it makes me feel closer to him

there are times
when I wonder what I mean to him
and
silly as this symbol is
it tells me that he did think carefully
does think carefully when it comes to me

I joked with him the other day
as I struggled with those damned quarters
and he mused about more dastardly punishments
that maybe we should break up

and he laughed at me
"you're mine as long as you wear that necklace", he said

and I touched it
and smiled
and teased back -- "the chain is very fine -- I'm not sure it will hold up" (thinking of toddler hands who grab at it every day when I put her in her carseat)

"you better find a way to fix it quickly if it does" he warned back

making me feel all warm inside

yes

symbols are important