A Remembrance

I lived in my old home
for fifteen years:
old photos, letters, trinkets,
time capsules
buried deep in forgotten drawers.

Dated 2005: a friends forever note from an estranged childhood friend,
For fourth grade: a pet rock (I released it back into the wild),
From China, my first trip abroad: bad, shaky photos, Kodak film attached,
Mom had written me a letter for my high school retreat, I had cried before even reading it,
A 4-inch wood-carved red panda, from Aimee who went on a trip,
Perfume--

from when we were in love
for that one half of a year--

I never wore perfume I let you pick it out for me it wasn't even my favorite but you liked it I bought it I wore it to class I wore it every day every day I wore it for you then you were gone then it was gone--
like a dream.

"Lambing",
printed on the bottle
in the trash.
The scent lingered,
then it was gone.

It's time to finish moving.