“My heart is a museum of every person I’ve ever loved” by Megan Phillips

One Poem Only · Jan 3, 2026 · 2m

“My heart is a museum of every person I’ve ever loved”

Megan Phillips

My heart is a museum of every person I’ve ever loved

My Dad’s birthday is national start over day

Yesterday I told the ocean that I would let go of all the victim bullshit

I would let the past me be in the rearview

I will be new after washing my feet in the sand

Venus, I said,

I will have more fun

And love

And I won’t be bitter and sad

About what I don’t have

I will appreciate being 34 and on vacation with my husband alone

I will appreciate the new pet sitter who I know will train my dog

I will appreciate the rabbits I saw…