I confess, I have a box just like this! Down-to-earth piece that many will relate to. Great write~

Sheila

This touches in a powerful way Paul!
Sounds like new beginnings!
Wonderfully said and felt in your words!
YOu invoke so much in the mind~

WArmly, WArrior Lady Sheeeoox

A fantastic write. Believe me Paul I can understand this piece and the circumstances. Very heart felt and touching.

Heart felt words. So many things are locked away in the passage of time. .........M

this poem touched me deeply-on my tractor this morning doing chores, very similar thought went through my head--poignant and well done

Cery touching poem brilliantly told Paul! Something we all must face what to place in those boxes...et

Beautiful expressions in this one touches the reader especially the ending........... Excellent Paul!!!!

Peace,
Joselyn

Paul, I love this poem because it reminds me of another story. Before Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (the father of positive thinking) died in (I think 1995) I read everything he wrote. One of the things he said we should do every night is, "write down the problems we had that day, ball up the paper and throw it in the trash." A very thought provoking poem.

This is beautiful and most touching, Paul. Your poem is filled with soulful depth. Very inspiring and excellently written!

Thank you
Love, Sheila

Enjoyed this creative and clever write...our memories are treasured and for the author and the poet they pour onto our paper and computers along with our heart and soul...great write, best of luck!
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling

Wish I could make this move without looking back.....but I know I am too snoopy to do so!!

Well penned mate...hope you boxed this off to a publisher!!

Love Tinka

I know this feeling all too well! I have had treasured memories boxed up for years now, they call out to me to open but I can't squeeze myself between all the new crap in order to get to them!
It seems that, just knowing they are safe, and that one day I will get someone to bring them down, then, I will enjoy those boxed memories again...yeah...when I get old! HA!
Love and Peace~
Kimmy~

Sounds like the last time I sent a manuscript off to a publisher. I wonder -- do we write to be understood, or do we write to simply express ourselves? Which ever way that goes, you expressed this one with stark clarity, and I do understand. Nice work!

Ted

Will the final thing to come out be, Hope

Paul forgive me for saying this...minds gone at the mo its the heat you know, but your write gave rise to one thing when i read it, "Mouse Hunt" LOL, so sorry i just got an image of the mouse being sent off to Fidel Castro, and being sent back because they shorchanged the postie LOL, Oh dear your write was so poignant too.
I think my Aunty is having trouble with her precious moments that she had tucked away too, after she found her files all raided!!

Good write, good to read you, I try to get around at least 2 of my readers a night..

Cheers mate
Ch'erie

Well done paul,Enjoyed...Hugssssssss

A masterful way of saying, "My life is changed as of this day!"
Your words, however, make, "Boxed in," an expression of freedom.
These are rare and restful words.
- Bill

Paul:

You have described the feeling and expressed it so well. Very creative write indeed!!!

Sandie Angel :o)

I have thought these thoughts, often, Paul, but you have expressed them so well in these few lines!

We have to keep the memories alive. Very heart wrenching write Paul.
Hugs, Laura