It was a closet, but not just any closet<\/p>\n
The wall at the back was fake<\/p>\n
And you could push it to the side<\/p>\n
If you knew the special way<\/p>\n
Behind the wall were treasures<\/p>\n
Stacked up decades high<\/p>\n
Shelves and shelves of memories<\/p>\n
Were stored there deep inside<\/p>\n
It was also full of concrete dust<\/p>\n
That covered every surface<\/p>\n
From where my grandpa carved that room<\/p>\n
During the Cuban missile crisis<\/p>\n
It was meant to be a bomb shelter<\/p>\n
To keep his family safe inside<\/p>\n
If the worst ever happened<\/p>\n
And bombs lit up the skies<\/p>\n
But by the time that I was born<\/p>\n
It was just a place to store stuff<\/p>\n
And for a curious little girl<\/p>\n
It was a place that dreams were made of<\/p>\n
Grandma’s old jewelry cases<\/p>\n
And boxes full of vinyl<\/p>\n
Notebooks and letters and faded bills<\/p>\n
With stamps like “PAID” and “FINAL”<\/p>\n
I spent hours dreaming there<\/p>\n
Writing stories of my own<\/p>\n
Surrounded by the history<\/p>\n
Of my family in the stone<\/p>\n
That house was sold decades ago<\/p>\n
And I’ve often sat and thought<\/p>\n
If they know what’s behind<\/p>\n
That closet’s faded wall.<\/p>\n
~Mandy Kocsis\u00a92023~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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