Spring Cleaning

Utterly Cluttered

Clutter and junk and messes, oh my!

Discarded and broken and useless, I cry!

I must get rid of those items I don’t really need,

I haven’t used them in years, old books I don’t read,

Clothes I don’t wear, shoes that don’t fit,

My closet may seem like a bottomless pit,

Excessive containers with no matching lid,

Items I’ve had since I was a kid,

Too many scarves, too many mugs,

Not enough outlets, too many plugs,

Duplicate of this, triplicate of that,

And where did I get this old straw hat?

I then ask myself:  How much is enough?

My closets are filled with irrelevant stuff,

When I clear my clutter, I clear my head,

I must not forget what’s under my bed,

Behind the door, piled up in the attic,

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a fanatic,

I just know it makes me feel more at ease,

Because sometimes I can’t see the forest for the trees.

Tammy Harvey

Written:  2/26/2018