Storage: A Poem by Charles Francis Guittard

Storage: A poem

Those faded letters

old report cards,

the essays written

in grade school too.

Don’t throw them away— 

Some day you will want them,

recapture how 

you were in your youth

when you searched

for some bit of truth,

struggled to explain why

you did this

or didn’t do that,

then grew

into who you are now,

for the better, not the worse.

So keep them safely stored, 

from location to location,

pay the monthly fee.

One day read them again

and smile, you’ll see.

Charles Francis Guittard, 11/16/2024