While I Was In There

“While I Was In There”

I’m sitting here staring,

At a card board box.

Inside are a whole lot of things,

I forgot.

It frightens me even though,

All I need do is open the lid.

A lot I’d forgotten,

Even more that I hid.

From myself,

It was killing me to hang on.

To something, to someone.

When all of it was gone.

I work up the courage.

I peer inside.

Flip through the photos and smile.

As tears fill my eyes.

Pause and stare,

At more than just a few.

Goodness I smiled a lot,

When I was with you.

Finished I close the lid,

For a long while I simply set and stare.

I’d forgotten how happy I was,

While I was in there.

Dg

Danny Gunter

05 01 08