Inanimate Souls
You have a love of old things,
old places, old friends,
not
because they are aged,
or simpler,
but because they have survived with you,
they have history
that has endured until they are no longer things
but like you,
have a soul of their own.
About this poem
This was going to be an essay. And I kept editing and editing until it ended up a poem, and a small one at that.
Tom
Quarry House 
Tom,
As a read your poem I am sitting at my great grandmothers desk doing my online courses. I love your poem “Inanimate Souls.” I have a number of things that bring back memories of the generation that has passed. God bless you and your poetry. You really touch my heart each day.
Jim Brown
Bless you Jim, for your kind heart. And your great grandmother lives in that desk in some way, I am sure. Be well.