The Contents of the Closet

The Contents of the Closet

Two doors stand in a remembered room

Against the walls

A light shade of pink

Adorned with left over memories

Pictures and stickers

They slide on a track that could really use some grease

With a grip on the old brass handle

And some effort

The doors open

They open unto old clothes and old shoes

Things that the daughter left when she went away to college

There are old concert t-shirts

Hung up on the hangers

Not taken because the daughter wanted

A more sophisticated wardrobe

The concerts they came from were wild and a mess

But here they now hang

All clean and pressed

There are other things in there besides clothes and shoes

There’s an old tin canister with the daughter’s name scrolled on top

It was where she collected the cards she received

Reminding her of times past

And of senders who now lie six feet under

There is an old rolled up rug that used to lay on the floor

But she’s put it away cause it didn’t fit anymore

There is an old wooden chess set

That still smells of wood stain

But it sits there untouched

Because the daughter’s moved on to makeup and boyfriends

So abandoned on the top shelf this chess set now stands