Mind and memory,
can I forget myself
in the smoke, a thought bends
like light through a prism,
no matter what way it turns
it’s always different, my memory
filtering through, grasping to
keep my self separate from
my dreams. Lost.
Writer in San Francisco, CA
Mind and memory,
can I forget myself
in the smoke, a thought bends
like light through a prism,
no matter what way it turns
it’s always different, my memory
filtering through, grasping to
keep my self separate from
my dreams. Lost.
Snow packed, dreams drifting.
I opened the package, the tape
stuck to my fingers, the debris of
plastic bubbles and cardboard within
cardboard. Unwrap, unpack,
inside, something I knew was going
to arrive.
It is not in me,
simply isn’t, is not
with me, cannot
listless and sour
it is not in me,
I cannot.
Thank you for reading!
Peel lids back, lashes plucked,
eyes open, unable to shut. Seen,
never unseen, pupils dilate, open
shut, open shut, tears.
crying, screaming, set me free
she spins, and turns, trapped captive
in her own home, echoes heartbreak
locked in and alone.
Inspired by The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman