Emotional Writing

Bottles

I keep these glass bottles.

They're broken

They're empty.

They were never used for drinking

I used them to bottle up my emotions.

I used them until they filled.

Then I'd empty them.

It was a cycle.

The bottles broke eventually,

I had to find more.

They are reminders.

Reminders for me.

Reminders of how I failed

Reminders of what I didn't do.

Reminders of what I could have been

Reminders of what I am.

I keep these bottles,

That way I remember.

They don't help me change,

But I'm happy to have them anyway.

I like having these bottles.

They're reminders.

They aren't healthy to have,

I know this.

These bottles are reminders,

And I don't plan on throwing them away.