Our Things



Our Things ©
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
Nov. 27, 2021

Looking around at my various treasures
My home so replete and so full
Of objects of glorious measures
My brain starts to ponder and mull
When eons have enveloped my days on earth
And soon from this life I’ll depart
Will these things in my life bring joy and mirth
Or just break a loved one’s heart?
For those we love and hold so dear
Loved us, not our charms nor our jewels
They loved our laughter, our quirks our quips and hugs
And perhaps when we acted like fools
But assuming they’d want what we worshipped and loved
Displayed proudly on walls or on shelves
May very well be a burden to them
And only treasures to ourselves
It’s always a gift to leave a piece of yourself
When the corporal body departs
Things that were precious and special to you
May not be what they need in their hearts
Give freely while alive of your treasures galore
To those who love them too
Donate to help those more vulnerable
To charities earnest and true
For the greatest gift you can leave behind
Is neither tangible nor gilded in gold
But the memories of love you engendered
In the minds of the young and the old


About this poem

Reconsider leaving all your treasures to those you love as what you love, they may not.

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Written on November 27, 2021

Submitted by shulman.gary on November 27, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
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Words 224
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 28

Our Things

Gary Shulman, MS. Ed. has spent a lifetime supporting vulnerable families and children. He began his career working with children with and without disabilities in an inclusive Head Start program in Brooklyn NY. He then transitioned to become the Special Needs and Early Childhood Coordinator for the Brooklyn Children's Museum for 10 years. His passion for advocacy grew as he worked more and more with parents of children with disabilities. For over 24 years he passionately advocated for the needs of these parents as the Social Services and Training Director for Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. in NYC. The last 8 years of his working life, Mr. Shulman served as a private Special Needs Consultant conducting hundreds of training sessions throughout NYC and beyond to help parents and professionals find and access the services and systems required to facilitate maximizing the potential of their children with disabilities. Now Mr. Shulman is happily retired in Palm Springs CA, but still volunteers his time any way he can to provide information to those in need of his expertise. Today, Gary enjoys sharing his poetry that he passionately writes with the goal of leaving this world a better place one word at a time. more…

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