ONCE they held
Whatever was deemed
Important
Significant
Sacred

NOW they are emptied

THEY worlded Memories
of what Was
But More
What Hallowedly WAS
THE WAS

Can’t ever be fully photographed
and yet
never has to be
FULL HEARTED GRATEFUL
What never has to be

Empty Shelves
are never fully empty
and what habitats them
can’t be seen
so much as
f e l t
for an ever