L Milton Hankins Poet Free verse

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

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Caren Krutsinger September 27, 2021 at 9:42 PM I understand this in many ways "a box Where I have locked up random pieces of mind Left to be discovered long after I am gone…" I think we all have our box in one form or another, hoping someone will "get" us. L Milton Hankins September 27, 2021 at 9:45 PM That's true, Caren. Yours is probably your paintings and your poetry. If anyone read you and looked at your work, they would surely understand you much better.