“Pocket Watch” from The Safety of Edges March 19, 2021 A poem about gratitude and the passage of time. POCKET WATCH Each day when I remember I wind the old watch hanging from its stand where it watches my desk you told me you liked it Grandpa remembered take it you should have it Lloyd fixed it last year it runs well enough for its age and it does it stands at the edge of my mornings running and still if I listen I can hear what he told me about life time passes faster than you think remembering his voice I take the old watch wind it renew it set it on its stand and dare to enjoy the time that I have that I know won’t last forever “Pocket Watch,” by Thomas Hitoshi PruiksmaTHE SAFETY OF EDGESMarrowstone Press, Seattle More about the bookI’d like a copy!