All That You’ve Gotten

Who can know what memories we will find
As we go through the stuff in your closet,
All the treasures that you have left behind,
The ones you wished we would never forget.
We piled them up on the couches and chairs
So family could go through what you had
In the hope they could find fashion like theirs,
Thinking that their new homes would make you glad.
Not all items can find that special place,
So we will have to bag up all the rest
Because we are trying to make some space
For those left behind in this empty nest.
It is not that you will be forgotten
When we get rid of all that you’ve gotten.