A shoebox
Cassettes on top
Layers of folded papers
Fragile pages
Vintage ink
Reminisce of those days
A big hit
A big fall
Rise and rejection
Move out but keep them inside
In case you ever decide
What you meant when you were younger
What you loved when you were weaker
What you did when you were standing strong
Levitating on top of deep dark waters
That black hole is blacker now
And you learned to be kinder yet
You can't reach the shore in sight
Bravo for not letting it go
Bravo for keeping it together
Even when you stretched out torn apart
then glued yourself together
Bravo for keeping us alive
Applause for letting us stay
Under your bed in a box named
Memory Hill Cafe
By Aminah Tasnuva (@strongerkinder)
This poem was a submission to our prompt "what lives under your bed?" from October 10, 2020.
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