I still have everything you gave me tucked into boxes in the dark of my closet. I keep your sweatshirt in my drawer though I never wear it. I have yet to delete the note on my phone with all your favorite things. I still have that photo on the fridge and the tightness in my chest. the way I still fl...Read more

I still have everything you gave me, Wrapped neatly in the chest of my heart As a special gift from one adored It beats in rhythm to my heartbeat Unable to distinguish which is which Because it has bled its color into my veins Time has sucked in much, Some colors have faded, some thre...Read more

I still have everything you gave me, The smile The word play And the reasoning. The things that make the thing Seem less like a thing. Because if things were actually things Then my feelings would be a thing But it's not a real thing Or even something I can bear. My mother taught me how to pain...Read more

I still have everything you gave me~ I wish I could say that... Because somehow carelessly, I lost the only thing, you ever gave me... Just like that these words had left my mouth that day, "I like to collect souvenirs to remember places, people, and stays." Without missing a beat, you gave me yo...Read more

I still have everything you gave me A birthmark that never fades A family that never break its promises It all meant everything to me I kept it all clean and safe Some gifts stay even when people leave I still use the name you gave me Not fake , not for hate I laugh as I used to I cry alone...Read more

I still have everything you gave me and it sits in the dark like a glitter of black coal waiting waiting for a match to lit it up.

Read this poem with us. I Still Have Everything You Gave Me by —Naomi Shihab Nye It is dusty on the edges. Slightly rotten. I guard it without thinking. Focus on it once a year when I shake it out in the wind. I do not ache. I would not trade. For our prompt today, write a poem...Read more