Time’s Ornament Necklace All The stones at her feet

The stones at her feet shimmer

She bends low to touch a flower heavy with dew

The Tea Rose Square was laid out beneath delicate porcelain cups

Size: 85 x 70 cm

Only a single line: The Court awaits

Time’s Ornament Necklace All The stones at her feetIt is a small watch, unremarkable at first glance the sort one might pass over in a drawer of trinkets or catch glinting on a widows wrist. But the metal is worn in the way that only constant touch can manage, and the hands no longer move. Some say it stopped the moment he died. Others say it never ticked at all. It was found in the lining of a travel coat, long after the war had ended, tucked into a stitched shut pocket as though hidden deliberately.