The Gift Of The Empty Hand (edit #3)

[Tiger the Lion]

I like this. There's a certain freedom to starting at zero.

The Gift of Loss

You left without your things. I find it tricky isolating a first line. Works well here.

Eighty years of saving
sorted, labeled, ready for reuse. A somewhat awkward sentence for me. Is it complete as is? I'm unsure about the continuity of tense. 
Bookshelves crammed:
Twain, Cayce, Eliot,
religious tomes in languages
the rest of us couldn't read;
favorite issues from the weekly deluge "deluge" nicely hints at the coming ocean
of magazines on every subject.
Closets stacked with picnic baskets nice hard c and k sounds in these 2 lines. Prickly sonics. 
and fixable vacuum cleaners,
Polaroid cameras in their striped boxes,
photos of you, us, them.

When the ocean took it all you came, grinning, next 2 lines trip me a little. A shuffling of commas might help.
reminding me "They're just things."
My arms are full of empty,
free to hold today. Tight finish

Mostly enjoyed this one. Nits are just nits.
Paul