Wardrobe

Can you guess someone’s age
by glancing inside their wardrobe?

Can you guess someone’s wealth
by the branded clothes they possess?

If you looked into mine,
there’s not much you’d find—

A shirt two sizes small,
pants two sizes large,
holes that once were
a tee worn daily.

Souvenirs and mementos
ranging from childhood
to who I once was,
all crammed away
from the now.

A suit awaiting
an opportunity to adorn
my skin for decades,
a pair of jeans
that barely winds
up to my waist.
Underwear?
Let's not go there.

But there are other
things as well—
towels and bedsheets,
toothpaste and an emergency kit,
old phones and the boxes they came in.

It is a container of things
I need and things I need to let go,
which I’m sure I never will.

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