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Painful Memories

Writer's picture: jessica bowersjessica bowers

Updated: Jan 21

Why is it that some of our most cherished memories are sometimes the most excruciating to recall?




 












Friday nights, the best nights,

Your tiptoeing on the floor

The relief in your eyes

To stay up a little more

 

You reaching through the seats

When I sat behind you on the flight

It reminded me of Dumbo

Everything would be alright

 

Singing in the shadow

Of the music in the car

I cheered for you internally

The sweetest little star

 

The way you rubbed your lips

With your thumb when you were sleepy,

To imagine it even now,

is making me feel weepy

 

You liked the color sepia,

but didn’t know its name.

You knew the way it made you feel,

which made me feel the same

 

I wish I had amnesia,

for dwelling in times like these,

would spare myself the slightest,

from these painful memories.


-This entry is included in my new book "Wake Up; It's Time to Go to Life", now available on Amazon

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