THE SUITCASE

SUITCASE FILLED

WITH BROKEN DREAMS

UNATTENDED

NOW IT SEEMS

BROKEN HEARTS

RESIDE THERE TOO

WITH ALL THE THINGS

WE DID NOT DO

JARS OF TEARS

WE NEVER CRIED

LAUGHTER THAT

HAS LONG SINCE DIED

PROMISES

WE NEVER KEPT

COUNTLESS NIGHTS

WE NEVER SLEPT

FADED PHOTOS

FROM THE PAST

COMMITMENTS MADE

THAT DID NOT LAST

OLD RECORDING

OF A SONG

SILENCED NOW

BY WHAT WENT WRONG

PAPER BAGS

OF FOOLISH PRIDE

NOTEBOOKS OF

EACH TIME WE LIED

A FADED BUNDLE

OF OUR FEARS

CALENDARS

OF WASTED YEARS

THE SUITCASE STANDS

ALONE UNCLAIMED

IT'S OWNER ABSENT

AND UNNAMED

THE CONTENTS NEATLY

PACKED AWAY

ARE ADDED TO

WITH EACH NEW DAY

Robert Parker Jameson Dec 12, 2008