Everything

I used to save  

books of matches

horse shoes

hotel keys

scabs

photographs

birthday cards

christmas cards

valentines cards

ticket stubs

flowers

dog tags

friends

hospital bracelets

love letters

boots

hair brushes

pills

paperbacks

butterfly wings

everything.

organized somewhere

but now i purge

i erase

i delete

i retreat

i minus

i destroy

i burn

i pillage

i clean

i throw

i let go

my mother told me that i get rid of everyone.

who do i save?

some of them are a choice i can't make.

i don't know what to hold

and what to drop.