I Like to Write Poems

Pandora's Box


And on my way
I found a box
lid discarded

Nothing in it

Written in red
Please keep upright
Do not open
Fragile!
If undelivered - please return to Pandora

I took it home
I put it on my shelf - my top shelf

And In my box that is not mine
I store the things that over time
Cut the deepest
Hurt the most

The expectations of me
The sadness that's within me
Those things we must accept
Painful hidden depths

I must not peek
hope escaped - some time ago