Bits and Pieces of Me

I have a box hidden in an out-of-the-way place Where some of my important papers are hidden Even some poems and stories I thought best Put away until after I am gone…not especially Noteworthy, but needing posterity’s attention, Some revealing exactly what I thought about Certain situations and, yes, certain people who Either pleased me greatly or p***ed me off. Funny, you say, that I should have such a box Where I have locked up random pieces of mind Left to be discovered long after I am gone… When I can no longer be called upon to explain Myself, or give reason, or excuse…or worry What someone will think about my feelings, A small ornate box, unlike the one they buried Bits and pieces of me in when my body quit And my mind stopped functioning as usual. written September 25, 2021