choices

One more time he thins the
holdings. This photo,
that one. This clip,
this column, this award, card,
letter,
memento.
Some stay, some go. What is left is
but
an outline,
a shadow,
a whisper of what
was.
But it will have to be
enough –
clues as to
what
was,
hints as to who were
where
when
and why.
A time capsule, for
some
later
time.
For some of them, maybe
not
all.