"Moving on is not alwaysas easy as they say it’s goingto be. I’ve packed all of yourthings into..."

“Moving on is not always

as easy as they say it’s going

to be. I’ve packed all of your

things into empty boxes,

all the memories too, and

put them in the back of my closet.

They said it would help, but

whenever I go to get dressed

in the morning I can hear everything

that still means something

to me screaming to be torn open,

begging me to revisit

what was once so easy to forget

until you were gone.

But I ignore its cries and I shut

the doors as if I am keeping

you out for good, putting

everything we once shared

in the back of my mind.

It’s getting easier to shut out

the sound of our past life

ringing in my ears as the days

go on. But no matter how much

I can make those echoing cries

of our once so loving history

turn into white noise, I can

still hear everything that we

once shared calling me to return.”

- "I’m trying not to listen," - Colleen Brown