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NOTE:thoughts by Dilly Dally-form by me
a beach ball stuck
in the rafters of the pool
it's been there
for the 7 years
I've been coming here
It contains air
from the lungs
of an unknown person
an essence
that rests here
as though they never left
I wonder of all the places
I've left pieces of me
caught sight of
but unknown
& recalled gently
my presence has never left
but
I never returned
it's similar
with a long lost friend
who has a memory
or
an item I made
a saying or dance
I embodied
they kept
some others
I'd like to ask
- who was I
in that moment of my life
such fragments
are more than the air
I breathed
on an
unremembered day
perhaps
such are
the reason people smile
holding a memory
in their hands
& conjure back
as I oft do
small links
to the long forgotten
pieces of me
of a someone
who existed
...then
Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2023
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