The Button Jar

(Mom's collection)

©Misty Posey

Red, white, blue, and green,

Opal, oval, and round mostly.

From shirts, skirts, suits, and dresses,

Multi-colored beads,

A mysterious collection.

They clink and clatter on the sides of the glass,

Some old, some new,

Even antiques perhaps.

Each so different,

They hold my attention.

Poured out into my hands,

Seem like glassy confections.