
Alice Godber
In The Cupboard
I’ve got a bottle of wine in the cupboard
It was a bottle you had bought
I think you were saving it
For something special
I’ve kept it all this time
In the back of my cupboard
Out of sight
Out of reach
I’ve got a bottle of wine in the cupboard
My plan was to share it on our birthday
But I’ve kept it for so long
It’s probably undrinkable
But it was the thought that
It would feel like you were here
As though we were sharing a drink with you
Our 21st
A day of celebration
There‘s a bottle of wine in the cupboard
Your wine
Your twins
21 at last
You would have been over the moon
Nearly 3 years that bottle has stayed
I don’t want to let it go
I’ve built up this moment so much
I’ve got your bottle of wine in the cupboard
If I open it
It will be gone forever
Why have I put so much meaning into this wine?
I can’t
But maybe I should
Let it go
And toast, to you
By Alice Godber