Articles of the deceased

Something I started thinking out in my head at an estate sale a long time ago. This is for those people who use items from people who have long since passed.

A smoke covered carhartt jacket

Green and stiff

Shielding me from the cold

Dark jeans 

Worn white at the knees 

Keep my legs protected from the freeze 

Black boots

Worn from years of work

Protect  tired feet

All of these articles

Are from the deceased 

For I do not have anything of my own

My wristwatch

Humming in a timely manner

Came from someone who has long sense passed

Just as the time on the dial 

I am a combination of lives

Some I have known

While others are a mystery 

Though these items are now a part of me