collecting

i want to find you things
metal things and stone things and things shaped like explosions
things that remind me of home
things that have oxidized
and things that have lost a bit of their shine
but are surprising in the right light
things that have been buried
things that have been forgotten
things that used to be expensive
and things that never were

i want to find you things,
and collect them for you-
not usual things
and not the things that
everyone else would think of-
because i want to see
what you will turn them into
and because
you
are not
the usual things.