Hello!
There is a beautiful modern/contemporary poem somewhere (English or
American male poet, from 1960s/70s/80s/90s??), that touched my soul 3
years ago and I haven't found it ever since.

It's about a lonely man who has opened up his soul and shared all his
feelings and secret (painful) past memories with his loved one. The
first part of the poem described this beautifully, but then the second
part of the poem is so sad because he realises that his loved one does
not want to share all that and/or does not undestand him and rejects
his love. So he has to collect and gradually withdraw.

The only lines I remember are towards the end: "...I will(?shall) wrap
them in...in my drawer...and close." (i.e. referring to all the things
he wanted to give to her).

Please, please help me find this poem. 

Thanks

Daniela Webbe
Hospital Pharmacist and writer

Hello dani2000-ga,

The poem is called "Poem for Everyman", by John Wood, from "How Do You
Feel? A Guide to Your Emotions" (1974).

You can read it on the following page:

"Poems and other things..." [second poem on page]
Dani's House of Love
http://www.mindspring.com/~alleen/Poems.html

There is one error in that page's text of the poem: the two lines
"carved their way into / my heart" should actually be divided so that
"heart" is the sole word of the second line.  Also, the text should be
lined up with the left margin, rather than centered.  But the lines
otherwise appear to be accurate, according to the sources cited below,
especially the Christopher Day book, which I suspect is more accurate.
 (Even the space before the very last line is the same in the
Christopher Day book.)

I found this poem initially by searching in books on Amazon.com for:
"wrap them" and drawer and close.

'All 715 results for "wrap them" and drawer and close'
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dstripbooks%26field-keywords%3D%252522wrap%252520them%252522%252520and%252520drawer%252520and%252520close%26store-name%3Dbooks/104-3515813-0090313

The first two results contain this poem.  It may depend on whether you
are registered with Amazon.com as to whether you can see the results. 
In any event, here are the links to them:

"Insights into Teacher's Thinking and Practice, by Christopher Day"
[page 159; click "Next Page" to view end of poem]
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/185000661X/ref=sib_rdr_next3_ex160/104-3515813-0090313?checkSum=VLNK3SX64wGuwahaymiVTmIRahEdK%2fg2YB%2fvj29LCN8%3d&p=S04N#reader-page

"Teaching Adults, by Alan Rogers" [page 73; click "Next Page" to view
end of poem]
Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0335210996/ref=sib_rdr_prev2_ex73/104-3515813-0090313?checkSum=Ask8WsKhp8mNp9J%2bA9CETRHgMGxwat3a5ajAyrFhROs%3d&p=S02A#reader-page

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