The Story of My Life
Sitting alone
In our old home
My old room
The walls still painted blue
Boxes containing histories
Cardboard cubes containing anthologies
My whole life packed within a box
Not pretty and laced with a bow
Dusty, and musky
Dirty and grimy
The childhood dirt
Still preserved
how it should be
Untouched and unedited
Real
Pictures without frames
Faces without names
Kids playing childhood games
Cards with messages
That no longer make sense
Year books
And
Letters
Stupid pictures
With stupid sweaters
The memories flood back
and I’m the lead actor
In the story of my life
(2010)
