Engraved Promise

Engraved lines,
cold metal protectors.
To hold the small feature inside.
Handprints of a young precious soul,
hidden away in a high shelf.
Stored above with old photographs and baby clothes.
Your hand print bumpy and curved,
in-perfect.
Colours that swirl into one round container,
patterns like your old barbie doona covers.
To be cherished til death
kept in hearts forever.
Parents' favourite object,
equally as special as your birth certificate.
Your touch set in stone
but one day can be smashed.
Dropped, broken.
Like a heart.