Sue
I would
like memory to remember
more clearly
every single waking second,
every sentence,
look, scene and sound.
I want
to be able to download it all
and print
it out on fine white paper,
this whole
trip recorded and ordered.
I want
to pick out the scenes to watch,
see her
in every single waking age,
travel again
our meandering drives
down twisting
lanes, loiter on shorelines
tasting salt,
explore luscious gardens,
lose ourselves
in lanes of starlit stores.
I want
to relive it all in the clearest detail
because this
haziness is all I have.
These
picture postcards grow blurred,
washed over
under this raw weight.
Why do
memories fade out with time
and not
grow stronger when we need them?
Copyright
Vickie Johnstone, September 22, 2020
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