15th April 2026

 

unexpected

I am publicly recognised

purple belt

© Rachel Green April 2026

Decluttering XIV

Memories of people once loved  

and have not seen in twenty years,  

can go from my life, my head,

and my house of hoarded life.

We all are dust, in the end,

and in a hundred years or more

no-one will care what I held in my hands

and said that I loved.

© Rachel Green April 2026