You can have your memories. <br />I'll put them in a shoebox for your disposal. <br />Keep them with you, <br />and do as you please with them <br />because I am no longer able to hold them with me. <br /> <br />You can take all of our pictures. <br />I can't bare to see us binded together <br />and no scissor or blade is strong enough <br />to cut us apart. <br /> <br />Keep your roses and your sympathetic looks. <br />I am not sorry and you need not be. <br />I'm stronger than you give me credit for, <br />I promise you that. <br /> <br />I no longer need your shoebox of memories, <br />I no longer need your heart. <br /> <br />Years from now, <br />when you think of me, <br />remember that I gave up your memories <br />long, long ago.<br /><br />Amanda Lukas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/10-throwing-out-your-shoebox-of-memories/
