What do you keep in the shoe-boxes in your closet?

Question: What do you keep in the shoe-boxes in your closet!?

I'm sick with the flu and my muse has gone, so I 'm posting something from my vault from 10 years ago!. I had to get my Y/A fix!.

Shoe-boxes

I keep old shoe-boxes on a shelf located
at the deepest darkest part of my closet!.
I don't open them, I don't examine them,
and I'll never ever move them!.!.!. they'll stay forever bound!.

As I've aged the stack has grown considerably in size,
slowly, not by much, and always in it's own time!.
Always they remain the same!.!.!. closed, stacked neatly,
on a shelf, in a place where others can not find!.

I often think of opening them, yet once more, to examine
their contents and ponder if they were worth my time!.
But I never do, I simply remember why they are there,
cherishing always the memories of days and nights gone by!.

I have not placed a box on that shelf in a long long while,
yet the memories they hold still linger, forever on my mind!.
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Lovely poem!. I hope you start to feel better!! I have shoe boxes in my closet of old love letters!. I haven't read them in years but I could never get rid of them!. They tell a story of part of my past!.

Hey Hydro down there :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Receipts,,Receipts,,and more Receipts,,The Accountant Love to me coming ,,,At least their in some sort of order Actually pretty good But not according to him,,,And in two of the boxes we have 2 Barbie Dolls One step below Mint Condition,,,And in one box on the top shelf Is the 45 With 3 clips ,,,,,I guess Barbie's mad at ,,,Someone,,,Www@QuestionHome@Com

Mine are filled with every card my children ever gave me!.Along with some love letters from my ex husband!.I kept them for my children, they might want them someday!.I also have all my ex husbands family pictures!.He didn't want them, I believe my children might!.
Take care of yourself, hope you are feeling better soon!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I like this, Bob!. Writing poems about shoeboxes in the closet!. The seemingly mundane becomes the object of thoughtful reflection!. New insights are gained from the small details of life!.

All my shoeboxes are filled with!.!.!.!.shoes, bought and never wore!.

PS!. Get well soon!Www@QuestionHome@Com

In one shoe box I keep memorabilia of things I've done in the past!.
Such as !.!. movie tickets, pictures, postcards, random snippets of cloth !.!. etc!.

And in another I keep junk crap!.
Like !.!. random paperclips, pictures with no meaning, a Game Boy Color!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Lovely, thoughtful poem!. I have two or three cartons placed on the bottom in a corner of my closet!. It, too, contains memories!. I reckon it's time we create new memories to add to these boxes!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't open them, I don't examine them,
and I'll never ever move them!.!.!. they'll stay forever bound

I am beginning to open mine!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Chicken soup brewing as I write!.

Stopped using shoe boxes years ago!.!.!.plastic totes now!.

Quit squawking and drink the durned soup!Www@QuestionHome@Com

ihave a doll which has had a funeral and the box is its coffin its been at the hottom of my wardrobe for 5 years now Www@QuestionHome@Com

I have boot boxes (HA), but I did clean a few out recently!.!.!.It helps!.

Been waiting to see your smiling mug today!.!.!.!.take two and write us in the morning!.!.!.!.

Hey Sher up there :-)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Oh, Bob; guilt is washing over me like the sand bars of The Pinta!. Thank-you for your motivation!. I have "shoe boxes" (literally) in my closet!. Treasures-some heirlooms- some valuable gems!. I must deal with this!. If I died tomorrow, things would be in a hell of a mess!. Second marriage; you know what I mean!. One of my sons, is into 2nd WW memorbilia!. Last week, I gave him an oil painting by Zeigler!. It's been in the family for years!. "It goes with the couch", he told me!. He appreciates it for its history!. Time to 'clean house'!. It's only stuff!.Www@QuestionHome@Com