Boxes (Version #2)
These boxes
They had such a grip on me
These boxes
They owned my life
These boxes
They controlled me
These boxes
They prevented me
These boxes
They were in the way
These boxes
For
Love letters and
Greeting cards
Photographs
Drawings
and grandfather’s clothes
Boxes for
Packing Material and
Decorations
Keys, coins, postage stamps
and medications
Important papers
Tax documents
Receipts
Health records
and my living will
Boxes for
Discarded dreams
Lingering tasks
Hidden nightmares
and
Closures
These boxes
For
Misery
Moving
Memories
Momentos
Stifling
Stuffing
Selling
Shipping
Storage
Sorting
Boxes for
Undiscovered discoveries
These boxes
For
Toys
and
Vinyl records
And wishbones, human teeth, and specimens
and
Sketchbooks
Pencils
Pens
Inks
Paint
Crayons
Saw blades
Hair
Ashes
Bones
Boxes for
Enemies
Friends
Foes
Lovers
Heroes
and Protagonists
These boxes
Boxes to the grave
Boxes of life
Cardboard boxes
Controlling boxes
Owning boxes
Box ownership
Down with the vessel
Down with the sea
No more boxes
For you
and
me
© 2025 David Greg Harth
25.12.04.06.14.57@130BklynNYC