The bag of jewels

Was full, at first;

Rubies, diamonds

Emeralds and pearls.

The little girl

Held it close to her chest,

She considered herself

Infinitely blessed.

Nobody knows

When the hole

Appeared

Or how,

But it must have,

For, one precious jewel

At a time,

Disappeared.

When they asked her,

The little girl had no answer;

“Maybe they were stolen”,

She said,

But that was just a figment

Of her head,

They said;

It had been hers

To keep safe

And she had failed,

And that was all that mattered.

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