Sunday, September 1, 2024

The box aug 29, 2024

  

it never really goes away

you just put it all in a box

and put the box in the drawer

somewhere in the back of your head

 and try to forget it

only you never do

can't because bits of it

always seep out the cracks

in the box where the duct tape peels

and out the drawer and into your head

 and then you think about it again

 the memories of it how good or bad it all felt

 how much you would like to go back

and do it all over again only

 this time doing it right

sometimes at times like these

 you feel the longing again

 the ache you forgot about

how potent it is

was and always will be

and you try to stuff it back into the box

 only you find it no longer fits


email to Al Sullivan

No comments:

Post a Comment