Ruby

                                                                                                                                                                                           4th Oct 2016

                                           
So, it's day 4 and I have written some words. Found it hard to write anything but pondered on a meeting with a friend yesterday . Thinking about the prompt, purple, I was struck by her ring
                                              Ruby

One ring with ruby set in gold -  from Afganistan she said,

Worn on her finger, since her engagement

More than forty years before.

Her brother, mining in Kabul province - all those years ago,

Found the gem and had it taken  to 

A jeweller to cut and shine.

This stone, once precious for it's  beauty and value

Now is loved for a truer motive 

The years having set in the stone the permanence

of their bond.

This small purple gem containing love and hope 

In deep colour

Burying flecks of division within

Holding the promise of eternity