Giving new life

 Boxes and cupboards, closets and drawers

I am retrieving everything from my past

And freeing them to a world of usage

Even old wine will be opened

And that set of china too expensive to use

Except on special occasions will be used again

Because today is my special occasion

Just as will be everyday in my new beginning

 

Those rose-shaped candles will become

Puddles of wax and the silverware

Brought out only to laboriously clean

Will be used on hotcakes and omelets

I will resurrect all the things that were preserved

Bottles of cologne and after shave

From Christmases long past will find the bathroom shelf

Where they will be used until exhausted

 

What has passed the fashion or current vogue

Will be given to the poor and photos

Once too painful to see will find walls to live upon

And jigsaw puzzles will be joined into their rightful image

And old records played with a tinny remembrance

As I bring life again to my somber world of aloneness

Where memories thrive without validation

And need the reference of old things long forgotten

Reviews

[J. J. Nightingale]

Buttons and bows and photos old
Heart's clutter revived
And placed in living view
It's what we do
Me and You..

I like this one David... ♥

[DrD]

Everyone should try it. It works. Thanks Jazz.

[J. J. Nightingale]

You are welcome David.................♥

[VALORMORE DE PLUME]

I love the sentiment. I have lived my entire sixty years in this way. I see no value in saving THINGS for later, like some treasure that becomes lost in time. I prefer to enjoy every moment of a things usefulness, then discard the excess baggage, making room for the new treasures that surround our lives. If the THINGS were truely a treasure they will linger in the mindfulness of memory.

[DrD]

Thanks for visiting Valormore, glad to see you here and hope you return soon

[emmajoy]

'.. and photos ~ Once too painful to see will find walls to live upon ~ And jigsaw puzzles will be joined into their rightful image ~ And old records played with a tinny remembrance ~ As I bring life again to my somber world of aloneness ..'

This is a sad-happy mix for me, tis like a discovery of things forgotten, things in need of being used just as you need the newness of using. Treasured items are are rather like rarely seen friends we swear to see more often in the new year. Seems your time is come in this wonderful post. It's beautifully phrased, though minus floral melodrama; it should be read and taken to heart. Pass me a tissue, please.

[DrD]

Thanks, Emma. Glad to see you here with me.

[PP]

Wow, this is so amazing! When things are gone and they become memories we cling to them, protect them and defend them so that they don't weather away! But bringing them to life, loving them and giving them a place in our day to say life is absolutely novel. I love this work of yours:)

[DrD]

Thanks again, Prathama. Your opinions mean very much to me.

[PP]

:)