Literature
Spring
Before I begin cleaning,
My eyes survey their surroundings.
The trash that clutters my room speaks to me,
In low overtones and harsh whistles.
A lock of hair stolen from my beloved whilst she slept,
Kept safely in a wooden box with other valuables.
A reminder of the time I didn't have the courage to ask her to leave the world for me.
But now it is only trash.
An abandoned slipper, missing its reflection.
From when I kicked a football into the lake, and a slipper followed.
Now it sits in the corner lonely,
I decide to leave it there, forever missing its soulmate.
Cigarette butts jostle for space on a few ashtrays,
Haphazardly arr