The Garbage Can

There are so many things in life we take for granted….. I’m big I’m fat I’m brown I’m shaped like a box I stink I don’t even have a name, just a number Who could love me? Or even like me? People trash talk me They don’t think I have feelings They don’t think about what they put in me What they feed me They use me many times a day Without even thinking about what they’re doing Then they take me out once (or maybe twice) a week They don’t pay attention when I’m full or overflowing They just shove more in me They just don’t care They don’t think twice about me unless i don’t do what they want No one posts pictures of me No one talks to friends about our relationship No one is proud of me or what I do I’m just there They don’t care They shove me behind a wall Only to be seen when it’s convenient Don’t you know I impact the environment? I may be just one thing, but together we are many You think I’m helping you remove your trash Do you even know where I send it? Do you think about what you discard? What you simply throw away? What’s the effect of setting me out 52 times every year? Do you think of others as you think of me? When you lose me, will you then see my value? I wonder You’ve taken me for granted But what would your life be like without me?

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