One last look at the place I lived the most.

One last look at the place I lived the most.

A Poem by Everett Dulin

window blinds,
illuminated
by streetlights outside
leave chessprint patterns
on my otherwise
blank walls

walls that used to be covered
in paintings, and posters,
album covers, and polaroid pictures,
and most of all life
now chessprint,
checkmate,
in a box somewhere.

my closet, used to
be filled with wrappers
and dreams
now completely
empty
except for space
holding all of my,
none of my,
valuable memories

in a week
all of these things
will be gone from
here,
my heart,
my home.

somewhere else,
ill be with them
and in a new room
they will
be put up again

but those chessprint
walls, will forever
hold my heart

© 2025 Everett Dulin


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I loved this, I wrote something like this when I moved out of my old house and I thought I would never leave. Let me tell you something awful: I don't even notice it when I drive through that neighborhood now. I felt like a goddamned emotionless drama queen, but I guess life went on. It'll be here in your poems, it'll always be in your words and memories. and you will hold on better because you are a good writer

Posted 8 Months Ago



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Everett Dulin. Might see my chapbook soon. unfortunately this site has problems ig, filler.sophical more..