letting go

sometimes some things surprise us.

I really thought
I had shed all the tears
I could over you.
But be damned
if there weren't one or two
left over as I dropped the kids
on your front porch.

The thought
occurred to me
however briefly --
your eye
appointment is
probably
overdue.

Part of the mental
brick a brack
that needs to be
swept away
with the clutter
on the walls and junk
on the shelves.

Wrap them
in newspaper
blankets like the song
paint the walls
and put the memories
in the bin
where they belong.

Author's Note

I have used this song before but it fits here, for many reasons.
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Reviews

[highonwords]

i think letting go of the love we once found but have now lost is one of the hard stuff reality teaches us...and no matter what, that love somehow resonates to us in aches and pains thru disguised mementos and visitations of nostalgia...thank you for sharing :)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you very much. Yes, letting go is important, but not a simple process.

[Pryde Foltz]

Wrap them
in newspaper
blankets like the song
paint the walls
and put the memories
in the bin
where they belong.

Yep … dreams are like fish … they stink if they don't swim

[Lyn Anderson]

I like that one. Thank you.

[MsJewel]

I can relate to your words....it's hard to let go of some things..even though we have let go of the person. I wonder it is habit - to wonder - to worry.
Another great poem from you!

:) Julie

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you. Yes, so many years of doing things for another person it becomes a habit.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Strange how we still have feelings for those whom we have loved but no longer do. It is reassuring otherwise we would be simply empty cynical creatures. Told with your usual flowing clarity.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, and I agree, it is necessary to healing to accept all of the feelings that come with loss.

[stars are far]

I just dont know what to say, but that writing was greatly done..
well done

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

[Rene Salinas]

I remember some of this times when my Mom used to drop us as my Dad's for two or three weeks of the year. I just never thought about the side of the Mom really so when I read it here it makes me wonder and I can see how tough it is. Is also one of those situations that cannot be understood intellectually as you can try and get ready for the moment but when it is all said and done time needs to take its course.
My Mom and Dad remained good friends I hope something of the sort comes about.

Thankyou

[Lyn Anderson]

Well thank you. Yes it is an interesting process for sure when you have children the tie will be there regardless of how things turned out for the marriage.

[Einstein Noodle]

well done .. your poem puts me in your shoes .. i can feel the heaviness ... the weariness of sorrow, loss and grief over someone that is still up and running .. wounds that open afresh with each sighting .. and closure with your ending lines is with the realization that with each filling and emptying of the bin .. the supply of "stuff" and memories is not diminished .. i lift my little prayer for you this morning .. that at some time this day you will experience a quiet lifting of your spirit :) God bless!
E.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much I appreciate it.

[Rob Santana]

It's easy to toss material memories in the garbage. But what is one to do about the mental thoughts and memories. Those are forever glued to our memory bank. Touching piece KL.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, yes, that is so true.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, that is weird isn't it?

even when we are not with that person anymore...we still think of the mundane activities...and wonder...are they keeping appointments...what are they doing today...
all those things we used to talk about and share as a couple...

hard to shake those lost dreams...

[Lyn Anderson]

It is weird, yes, especially when it is a particularly nasty split. But yeah, a lifetime doesn't just vanish in an instant, does it, thanks for reading and reviewing this one, I appreciate it.