Swapped Leather

Swapped Leather
An old travel leather bag
rests quietly in the corner of the room.

It has crossed long distances,
been lifted and set down,
opened and closed in haste.

But today, no one holds it.
Only creases and worn marks remain
traces of use that time has not erased.

From something once in motion,
it has become something still.

Swapped Leather
is a story of repositioning
from journey to remembrance.

Not an abandonment of the past,
but a deliberate act of placing it down.