Clutter If Honest

I kept it all The clutter, if honest, That remains testimony To your last great stand Before the epic battle of wills Before the disappearance of forever I kept it all The clutter, if honest Still on hand Forever in heart Staring at me Frozen Stalled Unable to look away Unsure if I truly WANT to forget Uncertain if it matters, at all, To YOU A rusted razor (cutting ties and slicing words) Shrunken sweater (worn, like an old embrace) Unopened Christmas cards (so much left unsaid, unread) Pretty perfume bottles (empty, but so lingers the scent) Grocery List (labelling the layout of a lover's feast) Art Supplies (what a picture you painted) Seeds (saved, from our shared summer garden) Your half used shampoo (taking up space on a dusty shelf) All right where you left it, Left me, Left us, With little packed away... but our plan... I kept it all The clutter, if honest And more, so much more... The thickly infused love letters, sonnets Spread out stories and sweet kisses goodnight...Mwahs And a million reasons to answer your every request More and so much more Satin ribbons, black velvet hair ties, red sundress Silk stockings, peach blush, an uncorked bottle of wine Newspaper clipping and torn out magazine pages Images of m0untains and merry streams Gumballs and licorice, childlike temptations Floating in the bottom of the drawer That was 'THEN' Lace and lusciousness, lipstick stained coffee cups All of what seemed perfectly fine Back then...back when Building our bridge to one another Was the only blueprint that mattered....