This is goodbye

This is what it comes down to

Bubble-wrapped memories, 

The last couple of years

Hoarded in bags and boxes too. 

As they take away the last one

I stare at the now empty rooms,

Fragments of my life I vacuum

And the knot in my heart tightens.

Moments flash before my eyes
Day after day, home is smiles and sighs,

People and dinners I welcomed

Even bad times, and there were some.

This is it, this is goodbye
The next chapter of life to untie,

A little pinch as I am about to let go

But it is time to open other windows. 

I remove my name from the mailbox

Fully aware that it is the final task,

I close the door to the past

Getting new keys for new locks.