Tedious job

I’m tiding under my bed
Dust and fluff combined
Beads and bits of paper
A sticky sweet there too
A bashed up party popper
Some streamers and confetti

I’m sorting through the rubbish
A very tedious job
There’s blue fluff and there’s green fluff
A shrivelled up balloon
A piece of last week’s homework
Hey now that’s where it has been

There are boxes and bags
Buttons and bows
Needles, threads and string
There are pictures and postcards
A drawing or two
A tissue and a bouncy ball

Memories and thoughts come flooding back
Friends and family, places I’ve been
Images return of loving times
I laugh at photos
And unbelievable things
Did that really happen? I thought it was a dream

Looking back is rewarding
But now you must always remember
And never forget
The very simple message
Don’t look back to things which have gone
Only look forward to things yet to come.