Collecting thoughts and putting them in storage <br />Like summer clothes after balmy breezes have ceased <br />Like wrapping long stemmed glass in paper tissue <br />And placing them in seclusion after a holiday feast <br /> <br />Releasing a grip that is reluctant to set free… <br />The fragrances and flavors of saturated memories <br />Fill empty spaces with warmth… gone out of reach <br />Isolated and confined to a vault of yesterdays <br /> <br />2/20/08<br /><br />Theresa Ann Moore<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/holding-on-and-letting-go/