Written By: Chevella King

The Lone Barrette

I saw it there, alone and lost.

Why was it there? Why was it lost?

White, pristine, looking quite refined.

It was waiting on me, to be mine.

I picked it up, dusted it off.

I flipped it over, dusted it off.

It was a beautiful barrette.

This is one thing I won’t forget.