The Day Before Moving
One by one the boxes fill,
books, lamps, pictures,
the arcana of your every day life
carefully put away, packed
with care, packed and marked,
then piled one on the other
in a great mass of cardboard
in the room you used to call the library.
Each day less and less
of a lifetime of accumulation
is still accessible, and yet
you miss far less of it than you imagined.
You are comfortable with a few pans,
a few books, your desk
and your thoughts,
thoughts not of leaving this place
you have lived all your life,
but rather, of where you go,
for your past is always with you,
a warm blanket of memories,
of people you love and who love you
beyond distance, beyond time,
never really left behind.
But what lies ahead! Adventure,
a new place to live,
not just a house, but a heart
whose nooks and crannies await
exploration of the tenderest love.
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The picture was taken at the Dupont House in Longwood Gardens. You can click on it for a larger version.
Tom
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