Forgetting Words
FORGETTING WORDS
Getting older brings forgetting,
One by one,
My long-known friendly words,
Amassed and loved since childhood.
Against my will, words fly out of my mind’s window.
Trying to recapture them leads only to
Headache and frustration -
They will not be forced back.
But once given up on,
Like escaped birds or love lost,
They will come again.
Delightfully welcome,
Having frolicked for an hour or a week
With the naughty clouds, and scudded
Across the pale-washed sky.
The steady gaze of mother moon
Dipping west in a peaceful swoon,
Returns my errant pals.
24 February 2020
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2020
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