A Memory Let Go

You can try so hard 
To not fall asleep 
Try so hard 
For a memory to keep

But when that memory 
Wants to let go
How would you take it? 
How would you know? 

If this memory is 
All that you own
You can look at the number
And pick up the phone

That’s when you wake up
And know it’s not real
That when you lay down
And start to feel

When that memory 
Starts to give up
When will you know? 
When enough is enough

You can’t let it go
Cause it’s too hard to bear
How far would you go? 
If that then where?

Cause I’m in that moment
The memory let go
The something we love
The something we know

Truly when something 
Feels sort of like this 
It is probably gone 
That’s what it is

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009



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Date: 10/23/2009 9:06:00 AM
Awesome... poised...meaningful poem. More to say? I love this poem. Wishing you all the best.
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Date: 10/22/2009 8:06:00 PM
Enjoyed reading your poem tonight...Marty
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Date: 10/22/2009 7:10:00 PM
nicley penned, keep sharing, welcome to the soup!
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