Soul Sunday: "Let It Flow"/The T-shirt Collection

There's a Toronto Raptors jersey in the top right drawer of my dresser back home in Gary. That semi-raggedy piece of mesh belonged to my first true love. And interestingly enough, it still smells like him.

He sent it to me in a care package after we broke up. Yeah, kinda weird. I know. I didn't really appreciate it then, but I do now. It reminds me of carefree, chilling-at-the-beach, writing each other poems kinda love.

I don't have the poems we wrote. None of the sweet little notes.

Some girls stash love letters from past loves. But me? -- I hold on to apparel. T-shirts to be exact.

There's an uber-soft gray tee that a New York boo gave to me. It's become a regular in the night clothes collection. That particular boo and I were never "deep," which is probably why I can wear his shirt without thinking about him. And even if I did think about him, there aren't any painful memories -- just a Mets game, some good movies and basketball.

Today when I organized my wardrobe, however, I ran across a couple tees that I pilfered from my most recent ex's closet. I'm not even sure he's noticed they're missing. -- He and I weren't together when I jacked 'em. And in our latest break-up, I was the one at fault. Womp womp. -- I guess the t-shirts were the only things I could get away with since his heart was off limits.

I decided to remove those joints from my stacks of sleeping/exercising/casual meandering wardrobe, and I packed them away with my winter clothes. -- I considered throwing the sh*ts away, but I figure that in a year or so, I might regret the decision.

So what's this post about? Mmm, nothing really.

I'm moving to Chicago in a couple weeks (more on that later), and I've been taking a hard look at the things I'll need to keep, the things I'll need to let go and so on.

I was in the mood for this Toni Braxton song, and it's been a while since you and I rapped. So yeah, I was just trying to share a bit of what's poppin n.harlem.

If there's something that you need to let go, then DO IT! And when you're done, hit play on the joint above.

Enjoy.

:)