space

closets
full of clothes
and sweaters
shoes
coats
and that one really cute handbag
need to be emptied,
boxed
moved to storage
or to a place where they've never been before

and they likely won't recognize it -
this place -
because it's smaller
and taller
and it's not quite home


yet

it's foreign
with no backyard
or front stoop
or best friend neighbors

it doesn't have gas burners
patio furniture
a purple couch
a crazy-eyed dog
or someone to come home to

no one knocks on its door
or comes by to visit
most don't even know
where i've gone

but i'm there
and some days
it hurts
to breathe in this space
that i don't quite know
what to do with