Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Hoarders... (National Poetry Month #19)

Humans are not designed to let things go.

We buy houses with storage room.

To keep things we never use.

We rent out storage sheds.

To keep the things we don't need.

We take pictures of everything.

And never look at them again.

We read the book.

And put it back on the shelf.

Our bodies replace our cells.

But we keep our scars.

We literally store our dead in graveyards

Where we can go and visit them.

And figuratively put them in heaven

To always watch over us.

Humans are not designed to let things go.

But we tell ourselves we have.

We are practicing minimalism.

Keeping only things that bring us bliss.

Like this book.

On how to practice minimalism.

And this sign that reminds us about our bliss.

Humans are not designed to let things go.

And now you know,

Why goodbye was so hard.

Humans are not designed to let things go.


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